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Mar 8, 2022 · Even today, some Eastern Catholic churches in union with Rome use a different formula, one that includes no pronoun for the priest at all: “The servant of God (name) is baptized in the name...
Feb 16, 2022 · Theologically, that makes all the difference, the Vatican ruled in 2020, because it's not the “we” of the congregation doing the baptizing, but rather the “I” of Jesus Christ, working through the priest.
6 days ago · Pope Francis' three-year consultation on the future of the Catholic Church concluded on Oct. 26, outlining the institution's challenges and proposing ways for all the baptized to be involved in ...
Apr 4, 2024 · The number of baptized Catholics has increased globally, rising from 1.376 billion in 2021 to 1.390 billion in 2022, with a relative increase of 1.0%. The rate of change varied from continent to continent.
Feb 23, 2022 · Phoenix priest resigns following botched baptisms. 01:18. Feb. 23, 2022, 9:03 AM PST. By Celia Viggo Wexler. When Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted learned that something was amiss at a parish in his...
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4 days ago · The Roman Catholic Church baptizes conditionally in cases of serious doubt of the fact of baptism or the use of the proper rite, but it no longer approves of the conditional baptism of miscarried or stillborn infants.
Can our child be baptized if we're not practicing Catholics? Baptism is more than a rite of passage for a child or a washing away of original sin. Baptism is a sharing in the life of the risen Christ.
