Even some consider the Catholic Church a cult for teaching on the necessity of baptism for salvation. On a similar issue, some object to infant baptism, claiming it to be invalid since an infant ...

Catholics believe baptism leaves an indelible spiritual mark and is necessary for salvation, making infant baptism common. Similarly, the Orthodox Church views baptism as a sacrament that cleanses sin ...

BETWEEN Christmas Day and Epiphany on Jan. 6 compose the well-known 'Twelve Days of Christmas.' As Christians believe, these ...

The Christmas holiday is in the rearview mirror for most people. But there is one more occasion on the religious end of the ...

Some Christians believe baptism makes a Christian a member of God’s family. In many denominations babies are baptised, and this is known as infant baptism. Jesus’ instructions were to "baptise ...

1231 Where infant Baptism has become the ... of the three sacraments of initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist. 37 In the Eastern rites the Christian initiation of infants also ...

Reason 1: “The search for stability. People are hungry for tradition and rootedness and groundedness. People want something that isn’t changing.” - Gavin Ortlund ...

After the Mass, they served cake downstairs at a small reception. For Father Milless, it was the first time he has participated or even seen a baptism of a teacher’s baby during a school Mass. “It’s a ...

From December 25 to January 6, there became a 12-day period from the one major celebration to the next major observance. Thus ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - UnityPoint Health hospitals across eastern Iowa have released the list of the most popular baby names for 2024. The hospitals create the list using data from UnityPoint ...

The parents of a 6-week-old eastern Kentucky boy found dead at his home have been arrested more than a year after the infant’s death. Carrie Hall, 25, and Jacob Hall, 36, were arrested separately on ...