Fr Dominic McGrattan responds to recent comments by former President Mary McAleese that baptising babies represents a restriction of their human rights by imposing lifelong membership of the Church wi ...

Now many seek the “prize” without having been subjected to real abuse — abuse that no one would wish upon himself. A ...

In the best of our Baptist traditions, baptism is both an individual act and a communal act.

McAleese desribes baptism as a kind of recruitment tool that ignores how children, as they mature, should be able to freely decide their own religious identity, noting that canon law acknowledges no ...

In his Sunday Angelus remarks Pope Francis stressed the importance of both knowing and celebrating the day of our baptism, since it is through the sacrament that we become children of God. "I ask you ...

As discussed in a previous article, the early Church Fathers laid a strong foundation for the belief in baptismal regeneration. Continuing this exploration, additional Church Fathers further ...

It was a Baptism in Bath Lake.For many of those attending Medicine Park’s 28th Annual Park Tavern Polar Plunge on Saturday, ...

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

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. Why was Jesus baptized by John ...

Baptism: A Guide to Life from Death aims to bridge the divisions that exist within Chris­tianity over baptism. Part of Lexham Press’s Christian Essentials series, Peter Leithart’s book focuses on the ...

The Baptism Site transcends being merely an ancient religious location by all standards; it is a deeply rooted spiritual ...

The all-school liturgy for Pope John Paul II Regional Elementary School in West Brandywine was celebrated by St. Peter Parish ...