One of Marty Haugen’s most beloved songs was inspired not by his work as a composer of liturgical music, but instead through his role as a brother, an uncle and a godfather. “I wrote a song as a ...

VATICAN CITY — On Sunday, Pope Francis baptized 26 babies in the Sistine Chapel, telling parents to nurture the faith in the lives of their children, because it is the greatest inheritance they can ...

A video of a priest slapping a crying baby being baptized has sparked outrage online – and rightly so. Getty Images. In a 43-second YouTube video originally shared to Reddit, a toddler being held by ...

Fr Dominic McGrattan responds to recent comments by former President Mary McAleese that baptising babies represents a ...

He underscored that baptism is still appreciated in Argentina, but that in addition to the problem of some postponing the sacrament until adulthood, there are other problems as well such, as the ...

Pope Francis greets Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., during an audience with U.S. bishops making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Feb. 10, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Editor’s ...