Catholics in the U.S. are learning about a problem most could never anticipate — the idea that a baptism could be invalid. Church leaders in the Diocese of Brooklyn acknowledged that this could happen.
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Analysis: Priest Baptism Story Offers Memo for Reformers — Look Before You Leap
Robert K. Merton, a famous American sociologist, was, by all accounts, a smart guy. Among other things, he popularized the expression “law of unintended consequences” to refer to situations when a person does something for one reason, but he or she finds that it produces all sorts of other unexpected results.
Detroit Priest’s Invalid Baptism Had Ripple Effect, Archdiocese Says
The Archdiocese of Detroit is seeking to contact anyone who may have received invalid sacraments after a priest of the archdiocese learned his own baptism as an infant 30 years ago was invalid.
In Baptism, We Have Been Claimed
This June, I will celebrate nine years of priesthood. These have been nine years filled with God’s love and mercy. I must say that it has been nine happy years!
Welcoming New Catholics
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio baptized 10 people at St. Leo’s Church, Corona, during the Easter Vigil service. He also confirmed 55.
New Life at Easter (with slideshow and video)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio administered 18 baptisms to new adult members of the Catholic Church during Easter Vigil services at St. Michael’s Church, Flushing. Assisting was Father John Vesey, pastor. The 18 also received the sacrament of Confirmation. Another 28 were also confirmed, and 40 members of the Anglican Church were received into full communion with […]
Owning Our Baptism
THE TRANSFER OF the celebration of the Epiphany to a Sunday from Jan. 6 (the solemnity’s traditional date), and the elimination of Sundays-after-Epiphany in favor of the ill- named Sundays of “Ordinary Time,” has made a hash of the Christmas liturgical season, as I suggested in my book, “Evangelical Catholicism.” Still, the liturgical calendar of […]