baptism

As the lights flickered back on, baptism in blackout over, one attendee quipped that the show was now, officially, "very authentic".

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

After a section about his own adult baptism, the pinnacle of his faith journey, Vance launches, jarringly, into a chapter about his views of the international order.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

On the religious question, Mr. Putin has, for example, made it a custom to participate in Kreshchenskiye Kupaniya, or epiphany bathing, every Jan. 19, commemorating Christ’s baptism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

A pastor has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter after a man died during a baptism ceremony in Birmingham.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

I’d never been born again with the baptism and weeping and all that, but it couldn’t feel much better than being born again as a guy with no known past.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

But in recent years there have been signs of a growing interest in religious tradition, with the number of adult baptisms more than doubling in five years to hit 10,000 in 2025.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

In tracking our friendship over decades, we can also mark our way by the sacraments: marriages, baptisms, First Communions, etc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

According to Vatican statistics, around half of global Catholic baptisms take place in Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

In 2019, Circus Vargas hosted six baptisms and six confirmations in one ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Dobyns was struck by the disparity between the large number of burials recorded at the parish and the far smaller number of baptisms.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann