The real Pope Francis will be the focus of many official and scholarly examinations, but Francis and the other characters in ...

We cannot baptize a child against the wishes of its parents; and if the parents are not Catholics, they must not only consent to the baptism, but also agree to bring the child up in the Catholic ...

If your kids (or kids at heart) are looking for ways to join in on the fun, please enjoy a coloring page created from a photo of the 150th Kentucky Derby winner, Mystik Dan: Once you’ve finished ...

In baptism the Father begins to lavish his divine life (i.e. grace) upon us. Many Catholic parents think of baptism as just something you do to get family and friends together soon after the birth ...

A little more than one-third grew up in a family indifferent or hostile to religion—sometimes Catholic by tradition—and 11% in another religion—mostly Islam. “Requesting baptism is part of ...