He’d been deviating from the official text of the baptism rite for 20 years, using the first-person plural to emphasize, he thought, the welcoming community of the Catholic Church.

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Catholic Doctrine on Limbo and Baptism Revisited Robert Siegel talks with Lawrence Cunningham, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, about the Catholic notion of "limbo" -- the ...

His in-depth look at the biblical roots of baptism theology is a boon for those seeking to understand and teach the meaning and the beauty of the sacrament that is the “gateway to life in the ...

According to the Holy Scriptures and Catholic doctrine, baptism is the act by which a person is cleansed of original sin, becomes a child of God, and is incorporated into the Church community.

The Vatican's decision in August to clarify the formula that should be used in the Catholic rite of baptism attracted unusual interest after it caused something of a theological head-scratcher.

A pastor of a Catholic church in Phoenix, Arizona has resigned after learning he had incorrectly performed thousands of infant baptisms over more than two decades. Rev. Andres Arango, who ...

This new life in Christ begins in the sacrament of baptism. However, God the Father, who knows how to teach, prepared us to understand baptism through foreshadowing and prophecy in the Old Testament.

In baptism the Father begins to lavish his divine life (i.e. grace) upon us. Many Catholic parents think of baptism as just something you do to get family and friends together soon after the birth ...

The Baptism of the Lord Jesus teaches us something about the theology of geography. There are many places where water for baptism could be found in the land of Israel.

Senior Kenia Viri serves as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion during a Mass marking the feast of St. Francis of Assisi at Franciscan-run St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, N ...