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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE Christian community, together with the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation, welcomed the children of its beneficiaries into ...

A 21-year-old man who took off his clothes, then peed into a holy water baptismal while under the influence of meth has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in North Dakota. The odd exhibition ...

The French Catholic bishops' conference permanent council has approved a recommendation to remove references to the sex of parents on baptismal registry forms. "The increasingly complex situation of ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The original 12 cast-iron oxen — 2,200 pounds each — installed when Salt Lake Temple first opened in 1893 are now back at home after being "meticulously" restored as the temple's ...

The talents of three members of Meridian Church of God were on display Sunday when several other members of the church were baptized in the pool they designed and built. "The three of us have known ...

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 ...