Fr Dominic McGrattan responds to recent comments by former President Mary McAleese that baptising babies represents a ...

McAleese desribes baptism as a kind of recruitment tool that ignores how children, as they mature, should be able to freely decide their own religious identity, noting that canon law acknowledges no ...

Baptism “accompanies us forever,” he said. “In moments of darkness, baptism is light; in life’s conflicts, it is reconciliation; at the hour of death, it is the gateway to heaven.” ...

COMMENTARY: Baptism makes us missionary disciples in communion with God and each other. As children of God, we are sent out to give witness to God the Father’s love, God the Son’s saving work, and God ...

Our Lord’s baptism offers a beautiful opportunity to reflect on the graces we receive through the sacrament of baptism. In seminary, one of our professors taught us a little shortcut to help us ...

A married mother-of-two has sparked heated discussion online after revealing her intention to baptise both her children despite her atheist husband's vehement opposition. Religion can be a divisive ...

A baptism is one of the most important sacraments in nearly all Christian denominations. Usually, family members of the new convert like to be there for the event. Some parents of students at ...

Pope Francis greets Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., during an audience with U.S. bishops making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Feb. 10, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Editor’s ...

Pope Francis baptized babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday and encouraged parents to teach their children to celebrate their baptism anniversary each year. On the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord on ...

Father Geoffrey Thuo baptizing children at Christ the king Cathedral Church in Nakuru on December 25, 2022. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Thirty children aged between three months and three-year-old ...

Continuing a tradition begun in 1981 by Pope John Paul II, Pope Leo presided over the baptism of 20 children of Vatican employees in the Sistine Chapel.