Pope Leo plans to discuss the phenomenon with local church officials during his visit to France.

A pastor of a Catholic church in Phoenix, Arizona has resigned after learning he had incorrectly performed thousands of infant baptisms over more than two decades. Rev. Andres Arango, who conducted ...

The Vatican's decision in August to clarify the formula that should be used in the Catholic rite of baptism attracted unusual interest after it caused something of a theological head-scratcher. A ...

When Father Andres Arango of St. Gregory Catholic Church in Phoenix, Arizona, did baptisms, he got in the habit of saying, “we baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” But the ...

PHOENIX - In a unique situation for people of the Roman Catholic faith, a priest is resigning after the church's Phoenix Diocese determined the words he was using during baptisms are wrong, meaning ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Thousands of 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 of the ...