NEW YORK (RNS) Religious rituals once shrouded in mystery are becoming less private — more open to photography, video, even tweets from the pulpit. An exhibit at New York’s International Center of ...

A Southern Baptist megachurch pastor in North Carolina, already under fire for buying a $1.6 million house, is in the spotlight for “spontaneous baptisms” that turned out to be not nearly so ...

Baptism involves a simple formula: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” The celebrant pours water on the head of the baptized, or immerses them in water.

Some asylum seekers see baptisms "as a ticket to something" and most baptism requests were when they were appealing an asylum claim, a vicar has told MPs. Rev Matthew Firth told the Home Affairs ...