Baptism
BAPTISM. The word baptism comes from the Greek baptein, which means to plunge, to immerse, or to wash; it also signifies, from the Homeric period onward, any rite of immersion in water. The fr...
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Hundreds of white-robed Christian pilgrims from Brazil entered the gently flowing waters of the Jordan River on Monday, some so overcome with emotion that they sobbed and collapsed on the shoulders...
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Budapest (dpa) - Hungary's new justice minister Albert Takacs on
Friday evening faced a literal baptism of fire as he received a
petition from several thousand torch-carryin...
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London (dpa) - The dramatic images of the attempted car
firebombing of Glasgow airport have brought home to Britons that
their country is now the target of the same al-Qaeda...
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The body of a strangled toddler was found inside the baptismal basin of an evangelical church in southern Brazil, officials said Monday.Eighteen-month-old Gabrielli Cristina Eichholz was found dead...
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President Bush welcomed the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes to the White House on Friday, saying he could relate to the NHL champs because they were considered underdogs."I like to be arou...
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The house where Pope Benedict XVI was born in religious rural Bavaria is open to the public.The house opened Sunday, a day before the pontiff's 80th birthday.At the pope's urging, the foundation th...
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Vatican City (dpa) - Benedict XVI has completed his first book as
pope, an historical and theological analysis on the figure of Jesus
Christ, the Vatican said Tuesday.
...
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Russell Crowe, who is 43, says he's planning to be baptized. "I'd like to do it this year," the Oscar-winning actor tells Men's Journal. "My mom and dad decided to let my brother and me make our ow...
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Vatican City (dpa) - Pope Benedict XVI has invited dozens of
cardinals to a lunch at the Vatican this Monday to mark his 80th
birthday while a museum is to open in Germany i...
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Baptism
Hundreds of Brazilians flock to Jordan River for mass baptism
