Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of ...

19 Jesus' gesture is a manifestation of his ... and with good reason are accepted as brothers by the children of the Catholic Church." 81 "Baptism therefore constitutes the sacramental bond ...

Some 1,000 people are learning about the Catholic faith and are expected to be baptized at the Easter Vigil next month in the ...

We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. At least I do. I have spent most of my life thinking of the faith as ...

Even some consider the Catholic Church a cult for teaching ... an infant is too young to willfully accept Jesus. To address these issues on baptism, we need to begin with the words of Jesus ...

Notre Dame’s OCIA program, the largest in University history, is guiding 55 students through the process of initiation into ...

The Word of God on this Second Sunday of Lent reveals a great truth: the Lord is our Light and our Salvation; he will ...

Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains the Lord’s time in the desert: “The Gospels speak of a time of solitude for Jesus in the desert immediately after his baptism by John. Driven by ...

A Palestinian evangelical Christian leader had earlier spoken, calling the movement ‘a heretical replacement theology that ...

This year marks the writer's 100th birthday. Through fiction anchored in her Southern background and Catholic faith, O'Connor ...