By this symbolism Baptism signifies communion with Christ's death. 1221 But above all, the crossing of the Red Sea, literally the liberation of Israel from the slavery of Egypt, announces the ...

We pray that our common baptism and the action of the Holy Spirit ... are not yet fully united are ordinarily not admitted to Holy Communion. Eucharistic sharing in exceptional circumstances ...

More than 450 catechumens took their next step into entering the Catholic Church at the Rite of Election, presided over by ...

Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working ...

Christians who practise believer’s baptism accept that a person needs to be able to claim Jesus as their personal saviour. The celebration of baptism is a way of showing that this belief exists ...