Tag: Baptism
Easter Vigil in Vietnam draws faithful, initiates new members into Church
Newly initiated Catholics in Saigon highlight faith renewal as Easter Vigil draws large congregation for the Church’s central liturgy
Singapore Church to welcome largest group of new Catholics in a...
Catechumens and candidates across Singapore take the final liturgical step toward baptism and full communion during the Lenten rites
Indonesian baby baptized at St. Peter’s Basilica in rare Vatican rite
An Indonesian couple celebrates a rare milestone as their infant son receives the Sacrament of Baptism at St. Peter’s Basilica
Personal crises, spiritual retreats lead hundreds to baptism in Singapore
The Catholic Church in Singapore holds annual RCIA programs in parishes across the country, leading catechumens through months of preparation
Pope Francis: If you don’t know the date of your baptism,...
At baptism, it is God who comes into us, purifies and heals our heart, makes us forever His children, His people and family, heirs to Paradise
Faithful return to Jesus baptism site in Jordan after COVID lull
The annual event was limited in 2021 to members of the clergy amid strict restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19
Pope Francis: Celebrate the date of your baptism like a birthday
The pope said that baptism is like a rebirth in Christ and therefore should be celebrated “like a birthday”
The conversion of Jesus (and ours, too)
Baptism has never been about celebratory self-assertion; it has always been about conversion
Spirit and fire
If we participate in the life of Christ, we must also participate in the mission of Christ, which is to share his SPIRITED LIFE
The pro-active spirit
Christ’s baptism is the definitive giving of the gift of salvation, a channeling of grace from without which flows and dwells within
















