was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV.

During the Middle Ages, infant baptism became predominant, and the rite was performed earlier and earlier. In 18 th-century Catholic France, it was mandatory to baptize an infant within 24 hours ...

The Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Friday consecrated a new church at a place on the banks of the Jordan River that the Catholic ... Church of the Baptism of the ...

Dec. 10, 2024 They are now controlled by Catholic charities that sued to seek an exemption from the unemployment taxes. Their lawyers argued those charitable programs are motivated by “sincerely ...

Through the donor-funded Catholic Educator Promise, Saint Mary’s will offer free tuition to the dependent children of faculty and staff members employed by Catholic schools across Minnesota. Eligible ...

As discussed in a previous article, the early Church Fathers laid a strong foundation for the belief in baptismal regeneration. Continuing this exploration, additional Church Fathers further ...

The early Church Fathers consistently affirmed the Catholic ... taught that in baptism, “washing away the sins of our early blindness” occurs, and that “we are set free and admitted into ...

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes baptism as the “basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit ... and the door which gives access to the other sacraments.” ...

A new ruling by the Vatican’s doctrine department has opened the door to Catholic baptism for transgender people and babies of same-sex couples. The new rules, dated October 31, come from a set ...