15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is a symbol of death ... communion with the Catholic Church. Justified by faith in Baptism, [they] are ...

During the Middle Ages, infant baptism became predominant, and the rite was performed earlier and earlier. In 18 th-century Catholic France, it was mandatory to baptize an infant within 24 hours ...

The water of baptism is the foremost symbol of the paschal mystery ... Sign up and we'll let you know when he publishes new Distinctly Catholic columns. Enter your email address and select ...

Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures ...

This was the highest since France’s Conference of Bishops began such records 20 years ago. At 7,404, the number of teenagers ...

In a Catholic funeral several symbols are used ... over the coffin and it serves as a reminder of the belief that in baptism people became part of God’s family and in death they will share ...

Both News-Times reports on the May 22 Catholic march referred to the Eucharist as symbolic. To say this is an immense understatement. Through baptism, all Christians are united. The major ...

Leaders of Catholic and Reformed churches have signed an agreement to recognize each other's sacraments of baptism, a public step toward unity of groups often divided by doctrine. "Baptism ...