Birth Certificate and Baptismal Certificate ... Publication of Banns: The church requires that banns be published in the parish of the couple. These proclamations are public announcements of ...

The Vatican ruled that a Catholic cannot be “debaptised”, refuting a small movement of people who want their names removed ...

Baptism has been a symbolic way of joining the Church from the very start of Christianity. It actually predates Christianity; John the Baptist baptized Jews before Jesus came on the scene ...

Question: Whether the baptism conferred by the community “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”, called “Mormons” in the vernacular, is valid. Response: Negative.