1271 Baptism constitutes the foundation of communion among all Christians, including those who are not yet in full communion with the Catholic Church: "For men who believe in Christ and have been ...

It is wrong to defer the baptism of an infant, because we thereby expose the child to the danger of dying without the Sacrament. Q. 643. Can we baptize a child against the wishes of its parents?

When I walk my dogs, I am usually listening to Supreme Court oral arguments, or talking on the phone with family or friends, ...

There are towns that bear scars of evil, and there are others that suffer for crimes they didn’t commit—ghost towns dragged ...

If blasphemy depends on belief, then how anti-Catholic are recent scenes from “Hacks” and “Your Friends and Neighbors”?

As the news that Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo XIV percolated into public, my phone buzzed frenetically. I saw ...

Pietro Lombardi and Laura Maria Rypa will celebrate their son Amelio's baptism with close friends and family this coming Sunday. Leano and Alessio have already been baptized as well.

Hidden Christians are dying out, and there is growing certainty that their unique version of Christianity will die with them ...

A local historian believes almost 800 children were buried unceremoniously in a mass grave in a scandal that has been kept ...

Archbishop Alick Banda of Zambia’s Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka has challenged members of the Charismatic Renewal Movement in his Metropolitan See to recognize the power of the Holy Spirit in their ...

All that and more underscores the significance of a long-awaited and definitive new biography, out now: “Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet” (Yale University Press) by historian ...