One of Marty Haugen’s most beloved songs was inspired not by his work as a composer of liturgical music, but instead through his role as a brother, an uncle and a godfather. “I wrote a song as a ...

From the beginning of his priesthood in 1995, the Rev. Andres Arango performed the sacred ritual of baptism. Or so he believed. For a quarter-century, Father Arango baptized thousands of children and ...

In his punk period, Ken Canedo thought pianos sounded "clunky." He was losing his hearing, and part of music's appeal was playing it loud. "Subtlety didn't matter as much as raw emotion," says the ...

Robert Siegel talks with Lawrence Cunningham, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, about the Catholic notion of "limbo" — the spiritual place where people who have not been baptized ...

At an ecumenical Vespers service Thursday, Pope Francis told members of several Christian communities that the grace of Baptism creates a unity in the family of God. Even when differences separate us, ...

(RNS) Leaders of Catholic and Reformed churches have signed an agreement to recognize each other’s sacraments of baptism in a public step toward unity among groups often divided by doctrine. (RNS) ...

A pastor of a Catholic church in Phoenix, Arizona has resigned after learning he had incorrectly performed thousands of infant baptisms over more than two decades. Rev. Andres Arango, who conducted ...