David Rives, a Christian author and columnist, reflects on Matthew 3:17, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." This verse is from the story of Jesus' baptism.

Meanings of Baptism in the Catholic Church. Cleansing of Original Sin. The Catholic Church teaches that all humans are born with original sin, a legacy of Adam and Eve's disobedience.

Baptism is supposed to make us eccentric like Jesus, people who get noticed because their behavior falls outside the "norm." This will lead us to be an embarrassment to some and scandalous to others.

The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints clarified Sept. 5 that the child was a newborn, adding that it received a “baptism of blood” and was therefore included among the martyrs. So ...

By spotlighting the fact that “baptism is the one sacrament that unites all Christians,” said Episcopal Dean Francis B. Sayre of the Washington Cathedral, “Luci innocently made a ...

Baptism for the Dead. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that a dead person can be baptised by proxy, which means that a Mormon can be baptised on behalf of someone who has ...

‘Justification is conferred in Baptism, the sacrament of faith. It conforms us to the righteousness of God, who makes us inwardly just by the power of his mercy.’ (CCC 1992) ...

The Vatican says transgender people can be baptized within the church, as long as doing so doesn't create "public scandal or confusion among the faithful." ...

NATHAN: Baptism is a symbol of new life. It is a fresh start for a person to be clean of sin. It's a way of expressing publicly that you're a Christian. There are lots of symbols in a baptism ...

The waters of baptism should not be minimalized or trivialized by a misunderstanding of the essential place of Jesus Christ in opening the way to the Father for us.

One night last week the speedy auto-rail train which links Paris with the rubber-manufacturing city of Clermont-Ferrand ground to an unscheduled stop five miles short of its destination.