Usually this is performed by putting a small amount of water onto the head of the child at the baptismal font. Traditionally the font is placed beside the door of the church. This symbolises that ...

The Church of the Holy Rosary in Edgewater was vandalized last week by someone who put human feces placed in the baptismal font, church officials said. The vandalism followed a series of thefts at the ...

We sincerely regret the necessity of closing the Church, thus prohibiting the well-intentioned and faithful from spending ...

Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church” #1285). Like the other sacraments, the sacrament of confirmation did not appear in a New ...

EDGEWATER, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police are investigating a bias incident at a church in New Jersey after someone left human ...

Edgewater police are investigating a disturbing act of vandalism at Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church after fecal matter was discovered in the baptismal font, authorities said.Officers responded to ...

The Church of the Holy Rosary in Edgewater was vandalized last week by someone who put human feces in the baptismal font, church officials said. The vandalism followed a series of thefts at the ...

While you might hope to glimpse your great-great-grandfather’s baptismal certificate, the confirmation record of a distant cousin or the sacramental marriage certificate of your long-forgotten ...