1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein ) means to "plunge" or "immerse"; the "plunge" into the water symbolizes the ...

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When 68 men and women from an indigenous community in Northern Kenya surrendered their lives to Jesus as part of an outreach and evangelism programme, they faced a difficult but common dilemma in this ...

A 16-year-old student of Edward P. Yorke High School in Belize City drowned in the river at Gracie Rock Village on Saturday, ...