The choral cries of newborn babies will not fill the Sistine Chapel in 2021 because the COVID-19 pandemic has forced Pope Francis to cancel his annual celebration of infant baptisms on the feast of the ...
Tim O’Malley writes for The Baptism of the Lord, that the Word made flesh, the splendor of the Father, is baptized with a baptism of repentance. In this act, Our Lord places himself in the ...
Even though the baptisms the pope celebrates most years in the Sistine Chapel are better known, the most important place to be baptized in Rome for the past nearly 1,600 years has been the baptistery ...
The Archdiocese of Detroit is seeking to contact anyone who may have received invalid sacraments after a priest of the archdiocese learned his own baptism as an infant 30 years ago was invalid.
On Aug. 6, ...
As we celebrate the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, we should remember our own baptisms. Even if we were baptized as infants and cannot remember the event for ourselves, the fruits of the ...
As Advent approaches, we can easily fall into the hustle and bustle of the season, losing our sense of childlike wonder. But instead of overcomplicating the start of our liturgical year, assistant editor Ava Lalor ...
Last Sunday after Mass, it looked like Grant (our 14-year old) was holding the weight of the world in his arms. His baby sister, Norah, looked so small, so fragile as Grant clung to her. ...
Several times during the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis has asked the faithful if they know the date of their baptism. “Today, at home, go look, ask about the date of your Baptism, and ...