(RNS) Catholic leaders have carefully, if quietly, avoided doing anything to block gay couples from having their children baptized. But a new policy drafted by a Wisconsin bishop is prompting worries ...

Just as we wouldn't leave newborns without clothes or food, we cannot leave them without faith and baptism, Pope Leo XIV told ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Shelby County mother faces contempt-of-court charges and possible jail time for baptizing her two children without the knowledge or consent of her ex-husband. This week the ...

I was watching a movie not long ago, in which Jesus was being baptized. As he walked down into the waist-deep water of the Jordan River, greeted by John the Baptist, I thought, “OK! This is it. At ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. (Memphis) – A Shelby County mother who ...

A man was arrested Sunday after he was found naked in a baptism fountain at the One Life Church in Mesa. According to court documents, officers responded to the church at about 2:42 p.m. Sunday after ...

Despite numerous controversies over dismissing gay Catholics from church posts and the U.S. hierarchy's campaign against same-sex marriage, Catholic leaders have carefully, if quietly, avoided doing ...

My journey from Protestantism to Catholicism began, in part, with doubts about the Protestant case for the canon of scripture. (Yikes, my first post in this series was over a year ago! God willing, ...

A woman is serving jail time after baptizing her child. Kendra Stocks started her seven-day sentence in Charlotte on Friday. Other WRAL Top Stories "It's just very sad, it's all just a very sad ...