"The baptism, for example, is the initial exorcism," he says. "It removes any evil influence that may have already attached itself to the child, and protects the child from any further evil influence.

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The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints clarified Sept. 5 that the child was a newborn, adding that he received a “baptism of blood” and was therefore included among the martyrs.

The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

And just before baptism, the priest would blow on a convert’s face, an act known as exsufflation, in an effort to literally blow evil forces out of the body. At the time, exorcisms were also ...

When my first child was baptized, I invited my parents to the ceremony, and they declined to come. They cited the "problems" with our church, how disappointed they still were in me, etc.

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The same composition (but in reverse) as a print "Le baptême administré par un prêtre" by Bernard Picart in his Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, Amsterdam: Jean ...