THERE are about 5000 baptisms in Brisbane each year and it represents one of the best opportunities for the Church to welcome ...

Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures ...

Jesus’ instructions were to “baptise in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19), so these words are said during the baptism. It is done using total immersion ...

Baptism has been a symbolic way of joining the Church from the very start of Christianity. It actually predates Christianity; John the Baptist baptized Jews before Jesus came on the scene ...

In the Catholic Church, baptism is administered — mostly to ... not to enforce it" in areas where LGBTQ Catholics are not so welcome, Francis DeBernardo, the executive director of New Ways ...