To mark Easter weekend, Le Monde traces the history of this symbol-laden ritual.

Queer Christians often hear a message that they’ll be accepted in conservative churches so long as they deny part of ...

After years of walking the line between privacy and publicity, the duchess seems to have figured out how to balance her ...

Baptism was instituted ... as soon as she is able to present herself in the Church after the birth of her child. In this ceremony the priest invokes God's blessing on the mother and child ...

Inside the soaring nave of St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, the quiet hush of world leaders paying respects to the late Pope ...

but certain essential elements will always have to be present: proclamation of the Word, acceptance of the Gospel entailing conversion, profession of faith, Baptism itself, the outpouring of the ...

A historic stained-glass window from the former St. John the Baptist Church now resides at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Francis' death, cardinals from all over the world have made their way to the Italian capital. The conclave will begin in less ...

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...