Credit: Vatican Media “Today, each of you parents and the Church herself give the greatest, greatest gift ... he prayed. A baby sleeps at the feast of the Baptism of the Lord at the Sistine ...

The “baby bonus” initiative ... The group baptism is a papal custom for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior Vatican correspondent.

By Carol Hengst The holidays are over, winter has set in. Yesterday it snowed hard. I’d hoped to sit in my Lazy Boy and watch it all day. Most of the snow that has fallen here at Sugarshack ...

Pope Francis baptizes a baby during Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 12, 2025, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. CNS photo/Vatican Media When children are baptized, their parents and ...

And visitors rarely go home without a gift from Sofia’s Souvenirs ... It's where the Christening of Neil, the baby, takes place in season three, and it's also where Nessa and Dave (Steffan ...

The celebration included Mass, the administration of the Sacrament of Baptism and Confirmation, and the rectification of marriage, marking a spiritually enriching occasion for the Catholic community .

Pope Francis baptizes a baby at the feast of the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine ... give the greatest, greatest gift: the gift of faith to children,” he told families gathered inside the ...

3. Acknowledgment: Jesus receives this acknowledgment from his Father for the faith of those who heard it and also to acquire this gift for us. In our own baptism, we become the children of God.

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany ... and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, known in ...

On the cold winter Sunday of Jan. 12, Father Michael Creagan, pastor of the Catholic Church of St. Michael’s in Stillwater, ...

Director Ginny Ramsey says she received text messages from folks asking if she needed gift cards. “In 26 years of the Catholic Action Center, I would never send an email to people asking for ...

When children are baptized, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever ... his brief homily at Mass on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord Jan. 12.