Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor has become the ninth royal baby to wear the royal family's christening gown, a design which is steeped in history. The christening robe, which was also worn by ...

Detail of Sunnie Liu, "施洗 (To Baptize)" (2022), installation with televisions, buckets, baptism robes, sound tube, table, incense, and cushions (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic) Already a member?

For the latest on the best punditry, analysis, and news in the Catholic blogosphere click on Big Pulpit. Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John ...

Pope Francis welcomed 29 families to have their newborns baptized in the Sistine Chapel Sunday morning, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Pope Saint John Paul II began the annual tradition of ...

From the pure white of baptismal robes to the scarves that veiled female heads, garments worn for worship have for centuries been steeped in symbolism and tradition. That's still the case today, of ...

Today we keep the feast of the Baptism of Christ. It’s somewhat ironic that for most of us, the day of our baptism is not something that we remember. Most of us were babies when our parents brought us ...