Some time ago, I attended a Mass celebrated by a holy priest from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Fr. Jean Pierre was studying at a Catholic university near my home in the Midwest and he often ...

Before she says "I do," Meghan Markle will be going through another sacred religious ceremony Before she says “I do,” Meghan Markle will be going through another sacred religious ceremony: a baptism.

When lung cancer left Thomas Roberts with only days left to live, the Alabama man decided for his dying wish that he wanted to be baptized and fully submerged in water. Roberts, who was an atheist for ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A dying man’s wish to be baptized was granted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital. The university says Thomas Roberts was battling lung cancer and had only ...

But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” — Matthew 3:14 It’s a good question: Why did Jesus Christ need to be baptized? That’s basically the question ...

I asked to be received into the Catholic Church in 2007. Raised in the Evangelical Protestant tradition, I had for years been a devout Anglican Christian. I loved and still love the Anglican tradition ...

The dying wish of a Navy veteran to be baptized came true this week thanks to the help of an assisted living facility in South Carolina. Octogenarian Jenis James Grindstaff is an at-home hospice ...

Rome (CNN) — 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 ...

Meghan Markle is expected to be baptized this month at Kensington Palace in a private ceremony with her family, including her mother and her father, ahead of the royal wedding, a report said Sunday.

Thomas Roberts, an atheist most of his life, was a hospital patient with only a few days to live when he decided he wanted to be baptized by immersion. UAB Hospital Chaplain Corey Agricola got the ...