Dominican Father Pius Pietrzyk, chair of the pastoral studies department at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California, told CNA that recommendations from a bishops’ conference are not binding ...

An ancient 1,500-year-old baptismal font has been discovered during renovation work at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Bethlehem is Jesus’ birthplace, according to Christian tradition. The ...

People in the United States often have a kind of cynical view of participation. In an era of "participation trophies," we associate it with bothering to show up — and not much more. We talk about ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Father Robert D. Lariviere, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in ...

On 2 August 2016, the web site Babylon Bee published an article positing that the Elevation Church in North Carolina had installed a water slide to speed up baptisms: Regular attenders of Elevation ...

Sunday afternoons – a time to sit in the back yard, invite some friends over to the pool and baptize a few folks. Pardon me? At the Rev. Dave Downs’ house in east Orange County, the dove-shaped ...