The early Church Fathers consistently affirmed the Catholic (and scriptural) belief about baptism, viewing it as a sacrament for the remission of sins and the regeneration of the soul. I aim to offer ...
Pope St. John Paul II, in his 2002 Apostolic Letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, proposed adding a fourth quintet of mysteries to be contemplated when praying the Rosary: the Luminous Mysteries. Leaving ...
A. Baptism was instituted, very probably, about the time Our Lord was baptized by St. John, and its reception was commanded when after His resurrection Our Lord said to His Apostles: "All power is ...
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 ...
Can it really be the case that God would not recognise the baptism of any departed soul because the priest, his servant, had messed up? (TerryHealy / iStock / Getty Images) The past week has seen news ...
Southside Baptist Church in Warner Robins held a baptism to remember on May 6. Hospice patient Tom Howard, brought to the church by ambulance, was baptized with hundreds of people watching. The Rev.
The Boston Globe reports this morning that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was baptized posthumously in a Mormon temple in Idaho last year. Pearl was Jewish and was captured and killed by ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that a dead person can be baptised by proxy, which means that a Mormon can be baptised on behalf of someone who has already died. Mormons ...