"I don’t think my feet touched the floor at the Easter vigil of 1994," recalls Jennifer Pixler of Maryland. "I felt such love, knowing that God was wiping out all my sins when I was baptized." ...

CORDOBA, Argentina — Archbishop Carlos Nanez of Cordoba, Argentina, explained that the recent baptism of a baby who is being raised by her biological mother and the woman’s lesbian partner is not an ...

(RNS) Catholic leaders have carefully, if quietly, avoided doing anything to block gay couples from having their children baptized. But a new policy drafted by a Wisconsin bishop is prompting worries ...

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 ...

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 ...

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In the midst of her stressful overseas voyage to Europe, Vivian, a very pregnant Nigerian woman who departed from the Libyan coast, ended up giving birth on the German naval ship that rescued her and ...