The Vatican has issued a document explaining how baptisms performed with the words “in the name of the Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier,” or other words that try to avoid masculine terms, are invalid ...

A priest with over two decades' worth of service to multiple congregations has resigned "with a heavy heart" in the wake of revelations that he incorrectly performed baptisms. Father Andres Arango, ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Catholic Church said baptisms performed by a priest who served in Arizona for 16 years are now presumed to be invalid because he used incorrect wording on a subtle but key component ...

A priest resigned this month after his diocese announced that thousands of baptisms he had performed were invalid because he had changed a single word. He said, "We baptize you ... ," instead of "I ...