Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Response to a “dubium” on the validity of baptism conferred by “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” called “Mormons.” Question: Whether the ...
(RNS) Leaders of Catholic and Reformed churches have signed an agreement to recognize each other’s sacraments of baptism in a public step toward unity among groups often divided by doctrine. (RNS) ...
"I don’t think my feet touched the floor at the Easter vigil of 1994," recalls Jennifer Pixler of Maryland. "I felt such love, knowing that God was wiping out all my sins when I was baptized." ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is investigating the posthumous "baptism" of President Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, as a "serious breach" of religious code, a spokeswoman ...
“You go to your church and I’ll go to mine. We’re going to the same place, only on different roads.”This statement is made by many people who mistakenly believe there are many ways to God in heaven.
May I wish you all a happy and blessed Timkat season. Tim­kat, I should explain, is an important festival of the 40-million-strong Orthodox Church of Ethiopia. By common consent, it is one of the ...
Today we keep the feast of the Baptism of Christ. It’s somewhat ironic that for most of us, the day of our baptism is not something that we remember. Most of us were babies when our parents brought us ...
Hamburg artist Eric Armusik completed a large commission for St. Mary RC Parish in Hamburg. The painting is a 4 foot by 6 foot painting of the Baptism of Christ. The painting was commissioned in 2017 ...
For the first time in over 54 years, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land were able to offer Mass on their property at the site of Christ's baptism, located in the West Bank. The Mass ...