Nov. 9 (UPI) --The Catholic Church will allow transgender adults to be baptized under the same terms as any other person eligible to receive the holy sacrament so long as it does not bring scandal to ...

The Catholic Church in Belgium has reported a significant rise in adult baptisms. CathoBel, the website of the Catholic Church in Belgium, reported Aug. 20 that 305 adults will be baptized this year, ...

A new OCIA model focusing on the encouragement of Catholic friends and small-group relationships led 50 young adults to enter ...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales recorded 5,432 baptisms of catechumens aged over 7 years in 2024, the ...

France’s Catholic Church will welcome more than 10,384 adult catechumens at Easter this year, marking a 45% increase from 2024 figures, according to data released by the French Bishops’ Conference.

Eleven people from Afghanistan are among the 27 adults who will soon be baptized as Catholics in Austria’s Vienna archdiocese. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna formally welcomed the candidates ...

From the beginning of his priesthood in 1995, the Rev. Andres Arango performed the sacred ritual of baptism. Or so he believed. For a quarter-century, Father Arango baptized thousands of children and ...

The pandemic prohibited many Roman Catholics from their Sunday Mass practice. For some, that absence prompted a serious reflection on what Mass and their church meant to them. The National Conference ...