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Oxford Oratory celebrates uptick in adults received into Catholic Church

February 08, 2024

The Oxford Oratory reports that an increase in adults seeking to be received into the Catholic Church means that it has had to start special classes to cater for the influx, and that as a result the Oratory has been responsible for 5 per cent of such application requests within its relevant Archdiocese during 2023.

Godfather ban: Sicilian Catholic diocese suspends naming of godparents at baptism for 3 years

October 21, 2021

Rome Newsroom, Oct 20, 2021 / 06:10 am There will be no godfathers named in the Sicilian archdiocese of Catania for the next three years due to a decree issued by the archbishop that came into full effect this month. Archbishop Salvatore Gristina of Catania has said that he decided to temporarily suspend the naming

Pandemic forces Pope Francis to cancel annual baptism ceremony in Sistine Chapel

January 05, 2021

The Holy See press office announced Jan. 5 that the newborns would be baptized instead in their home parishes.

No sin can erase the mark of baptism, says Pope Francis

May 09, 2018

Holy Father tells pilgrims at general audience: 'God never disowns his children'

Don’t delay in having your child baptised, Pope Francis says

April 12, 2018

The Pope also said that everyone should remember the date of their baptism

Parish life has become insufferably middle-class

August 03, 2017

Marriage and baptism are not bourgeois rites of passage. We need to make them easier

The useful book that answers questions about the faith you were too scared to ask

May 04, 2017

Fr Michael Kerper sheds light on some of the most nagging questions about Catholicism

Guard the faith and make it grow, Pope tells parents at baptism

January 09, 2017

Pope Francis baptised 28 infants in the Sistine Chapel

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