Pastor Andres Arango of Saint Gregory Catholic Church in Phoenix has changed one word of the rite, making baptisms performed there invalid, The New York Times reports. The Rev. Andres Arango performed a baptism at St. Gregory Catholic Church in Phoenix last year when some people on…

An angry priest slapped a child on the cheek during a baptism ceremony. It is unknown in which country the incident occurred, but judging by the video, those around him speak French, writes Lenta.ru. The footage shows the clergyman raising his left hand and striking. The publication notes...

Kendra Stokes, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, will spend a week in the county jail for christening her daughter. The woman was sent to prison on February 16 after being found guilty of contempt of court, writes The New York Post. Stokes performed a baptismal ceremony ...

January 19 marks one of the main holidays of Christian believers - the Epiphany. The main tradition of Epiphany is mass bathing in Jordans, that is, in specially open and consecrated fonts. On this day, it is customary to plunge headlong into the ice hole, washing off...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he was secretly baptized as a child by the father of the current head of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Kirill (Gundyaev) Mikhail. The head of Russia spoke about this in the film “Patriarch,” which was aired on the Rossiya-1 TV channel in honor of Kirill’s 70th birthday. "When I...