In the best of our Baptist traditions, baptism is both an individual act and a communal act.

When Omar Gómez thinks about what it was that drew him to becoming Catholic, he smiles. “I feel like God was using my ...

Reynolds wrote the words down on his printed program. This was the beginning of what later became the new sacrament hymn “ As Bread Is Broken ,” one of the first new hymns added in 2024 to “ Hymns for ...

The Society of St. Justin Martyr has a simple yet profound three-fold spiritual purpose: to pray in pre-Reformation former places of Catholic worship as an act of reparation for past wrongs, to pray ...

From left to right, Cohen Buckler, Lorelei Day, Grace Haskins and Cecilia Stauffer, who are students from Little Flower ...

This Week of Prayer for Christian Unity feels especially urgent now, in a nation of over 1.3 billion people where Christians form a vibrant minority navigating both rich diversity and real division.

BAPTISING one’s children is as essential as providing them with food and clothing, Pope Leo XIV told parents. “Just as they received life from you, their parents, now they receive the meaning to live ...

Throughout the world, there continues a long-standing, systemic and overlooked severe restriction on children’s rights with regard to religion. This warrants, but has yet to receive, serious ...

From the moment Jesus was about to ascend to heaven, when he gathered his disciples on the mountain, the Catholic Church has understood that baptism is inseparable from mission. “Go, therefore, and ...

One of the things we know for certain about Jesus is that he was baptized by John. We're sure of it because it embarrassed the early church, making Jesus appear as John's disciple, yet it was too well ...

When Jesus came to John to be baptized, Matthew tells us, “John tried to prevent him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and yet you are coming to me?’ ” John’s hesitance makes perfect sense. His ...