In France, an elderly man is fighting to make a formal break with the Catholic Church. He's taken the church to court over its refusal to let him nullify his baptism, in a case that could have ...

The same composition (but in reverse) as a print "Le baptême administré par un prêtre" by Bernard Picart in his Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, Amsterdam: Jean ...

(RNS) Leaders of Catholic and Reformed churches have signed an agreement to recognize each other’s sacraments of baptism in a public step toward unity among groups often divided by doctrine. (RNS) ...

Growing up a Roman Catholic child means confronting, as your awareness dawns, the mysterious details of the membership your parents signed you up for without consulting you. The virgin birth. Bodily ...

When Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted learned that something was amiss at a parish in his Phoenix diocese, he consulted the Vatican and then took action. The bishop informed his flock about the misconduct and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PHOENIX (AP) — Thousands of baptisms ...

Like many couples, Alma Perez and Lupita Sotelo Loredo Perez met online. They chatted for weeks. When they finally went on a date about two years ago, Lupita said, Alma told her right away that she ...