Long before Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor raised her famous peacocks as an adult in rural Georgia, she kept canaries and ...

On 21 March 1925, just four days before Mary Flannery O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, the legislature of neighbouring ...

Today it includes some of the family's furnishings as well as personal items that reflect their lives, including their Catholic faith. Among those items is Flannery's baptismal certificate showing ...

Baptism is a significant moment in a Christian's life, marking the beginning of their journey in faith and their belonging to ...

We cannot baptize a child against the wishes of its parents; and if the parents are not Catholics, they must not only consent to the baptism, but also agree to bring the child up in the Catholic ...

80 The sacramental bond of the unity of Christians 1271 Baptism constitutes the foundation of communion among all Christians, including those who are not yet in full communion with the Catholic ...

Superintendent David Faber, r, greets a Catholic-school graduate ... parish records of the sacraments of initiation, primarily baptism. The diocese collects data from 53 of 79 parishes, which ...

“Typically, we do water baptism of infants in the Christian, in the Catholic Church, very, very early on,” Vance said before addressing his wife’s Hindu faith. “But as many of you ...

Regrettably, the memorization of prayers has seen a decline in recent decades, but the Catechism of the Catholic Church affirms ... are infused in us at holy baptism. The theological virtues ...

Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a ...