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

Pope Leo XIV ’s inaugural Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled with symbolism that ...

Pope Leo XIV is officially opening his pontificate in a ceremony Sunday that blends ancient ritual, evocative symbols and a ...

Pope Leo XIV's inauguration mass took place on the morning of Sunday, May 18, in St Peter's Square in Rome. Having sprinkled ...

The Catholic Centre for Studies and Media in Jordan has welcomed the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new head of the Catholic Church, now known as Pope Leo XIV. The centre hailed ...

The 87-page document is written in English, Italian and Latin, and features the same readings as the funeral of John Paul II in 2005 ...

Pope Francis’s funeral will be “a symbol of his humility”, the head of a Catholic aid organisation has said. Thousands of people are expected to gather ahead of Saturday’s funeral to bid a final ...

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 ...

during the ceremony also celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Catholic Church’s annual pilgrimage to Jesus’ Baptismal site. Parolin also anointed the church’s altar, dedicating it as ...

This act is a powerful symbol of our identification with Him ... or immersion all being acceptable methods. In the Catholic Church, baptism is considered a sacrament that cleanses original sin, ...

In Catholic Customs and Traditions ... to later share in his resurrection from the dead. It is the baptismal promise of eternal life which makes understandable the next two symbols used during the ...