The baptismal font is a tomb in which a person dies to sin, and it is a womb through which a person is born to new life in Christ, Pope Francis said.
Reborn in baptism, Christians are called to live like Christ, pope says
Name given at baptism gives sense of identity, belonging, pope says
Naming a child is an important task for parents, because it gives children a sense of identity and belonging to their family and to God, Pope Francis said.
Baptism opens door to Holy Spirit’s action, pope says
Parents who prefer not to baptize their children in the hopes that they will “understand and ask for baptism” as adults lack faith that the Holy Spirit will act in their child’s life, Pope Francis said.
Nearly 50,000 baptisms registered in China in 2017, says Vatican agency
The Catholic Church in China registered 48,556 baptisms in 2017, reflecting the vitality and missionary strength of the Catholic communities there, according to a report by Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
School community welcomes students to waters of baptism
On Jan. 5, five students from St. Katharine Drexel School in St. Cloud were welcomed into the Catholic Church through the waters of baptism in the presence of their families, godparents and entire school community.
Why baptism is no mere formality
Baptism is no mere “formality” in Christian life. “It is an act that touches the depths of our existence,” Pope Francis said.
Father Kenneth Doyle: Burial of unbaptized/ Role of deacon
Without baptism can a person be buried in a Catholic cemetery and what are deacons sacramentally authorized to do by the laws of the Catholic Church.
Father Kenneth Doyle: More narrow gate?/ Refuse to baptize?
Catholics have access to abundant graces through the seven sacraments that help us to live as God wants; and we have, from Christ, the guarantee of fundamental truth and of continual guidance in theological teaching.