When the young woman learned that her baptism into the Roman Catholic Church would be a thorough dousing, her reaction was short and blunt "Aaagh!" "You will get very wet," Monsignor Gerald Wilkerson ...

PHOENIX - In a unique situation for people of the Roman Catholic faith, a priest is resigning after the church's Phoenix Diocese determined the words he was using during baptisms are wrong, meaning ...

(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) ...

Practiced by all Churches, baptism is a fundamental rite marking the entry into Christian life. While the majority are still given to young children, Catholics celebrate adult baptisms annually on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...