Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis greets Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., during an audience with U.S. bishops making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Feb. 10, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Editor’s ...

No matter how many baptisms you’ve attended, I suspect you’ve only heard a handful of readings from Scripture. The Rite of Baptism provides more than 20 readings, from the Old Testament, the Psalms, ...

The Church of England’s canon law decrees that babies should be christened within a fortnight of birth. Parents are prone to stretch the deadline a bit, but now the whole practice is under fire. Three ...

He called it “curious” that some parents would say they want their children to make up their own minds about being Christians when they are older, since they have no problem imposing all kinds of ...