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 ...

Baptism – Photo: Josh Applegate, via Unsplash Subscribe free to Metro Weekly’s digital magazine for the stories that matter most. Transgender people can be baptized in the Roman Catholic Church, says ...

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 ...

The Vatican‘s top office for the teachings of the Catholic Church issued new guidance this week clarifying that transgender people are able to receive the sacrament of baptism, but that gay people ...

A Catholic diocese in Michigan has instructed its pastors to deny baptism, confirmation and other sacraments to transgender and nonbinary people unless they have “repented” — possibly the first ...

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.

The Bible repeatedly and undeniably connects baptism to redemption and salvation. It also closely identifies baptism and justification. Recently, I realized this all the more, in answering a ...

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 ...

Transsexual people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican's doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. A reader raised by Jehovah’s Witnesses responds to our callout for ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- One little boy was so excited about his baptism he decided to baptize himself. On Sunday, 6-year-old Jordan Warrick was in the West End Baptist Church pool in Louisville, Kentucky, ...