The sacrament of baptism isn't a good luck charm but a gift from God that enables Christians to overcome evil, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience April 25.

“Through the Holy Spirit, Baptism is a bath that purifies, justifies, and sanctifies.” (CCC 1227) A Service of EWTN News, Inc.

Parents who prefer not to baptize their children in the hopes that they will "understand and ask for baptism" as adults lack faith that the Holy Spirit will act in their child's life, Pope Francis ...

Same Baptism: We believe in one baptism in Jesus Christ, in which all believers are baptized priest, prophet, and royalty. Same Spirit: The Holy Spirit gives Her grace freely, abundantly, and ...