A child gets baptized by Father José Menéndez with her family on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Miami. Many of the children were migrants being welcomed into the church ...
When Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted learned that something was amiss at a parish in his Phoenix diocese, he consulted the Vatican and then took action. The bishop informed his flock about the misconduct and ...
Nicole Thompson holds her son Wilder, who is being treated for COVID-19 Oct. 5, 2021, at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis. (CNS photo/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters) When Hope ...
From the beginning of his priesthood in 1995, the Rev. Andres Arango performed the sacred ritual of baptism. Or so he believed. For a quarter-century, Father Arango baptized thousands of children and ...
Loretta Runk often visits her late husband, David, in the cemetery where he rests about 3 miles from her home in New Ulum. Only a year has passed since David, 67, insisted on selecting a plot near ...
Exploring their sacraments, rituals and outreach that promote reconciliation with God and among people, Catholic and Methodist experts acknowledged in a new document that divided Christians "fall ...
An Arizona priest, the Rev. Andres Arango, switched just one word in the thousands of baptisms he performed, and now the Catholic church says the slip made the rite invalid. As a pastor, Arango said, ...
SAN DIEGO — The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is urging anyone concerned that their baptism might have been performed improperly to contact their local priest about a possible do-over. The ...