McAleese desribes baptism as a kind of recruitment tool that ignores how children, as they mature, should be able to freely decide their own religious identity, noting that canon law acknowledges no ...

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

Pope Francis baptized babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday and encouraged parents to teach their children to celebrate their baptism anniversary each year. On the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord on ...

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 ...

Pope Francis baptized babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday for the first time since the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The Pope baptized 16 babies on Jan. 9, the Feast of the ...

Father Geoffrey Thuo baptizing children at Christ the king Cathedral Church in Nakuru on December 25, 2022. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Thirty children aged between three months and three-year-old ...

A baptism near Athens, Greece two weeks ago for the children of a same-sex couple has earned an official protest from the Greek Orthodox Church. Fashion designer Peter Dundas and longtime partner ...

The Church of England’s canon law decrees that babies should be christened within a fortnight of birth. Parents are prone to stretch the deadline a bit, but now the whole practice is under fire. Three ...

He called it “curious” that some parents would say they want their children to make up their own minds about being Christians when they are older, since they have no problem imposing all kinds of ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — A North Carolina school apologized after baptizing more than 100 children without their parent’s permission, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Northwood Temple ...