(RNS) The new wording, approved on Sunday (July 13), only asks whether parents and godparents will "turn away from sin" and "reject evil." CANTERBURY, England (RNS) While Christians waited to learn ...

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of England has been accused of “dumbing down” the baptism service following the introduction of an alternative liturgy in which parents and godparents need not ...

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s daughter Lilibet, will reportedly not be christened the same way as her older brother Archie. The Archbishop of Canterbury baptized Harry and Meghan’s ...

Parents and godparents no longer have to ‘repent sins’ and ‘reject the devil’ during christenings after the Church of England rewrote the solemn ceremony. The new wording is designed to be easier to ...

When it comes to royal rituals, Meghan Markle has a way with bending the rules just enough, but this week she stuck to tradition, privately joining the Church of England. It’s just one more step to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Hoping to align religious tradition with modern life, the Church of England has introduced a new "two-in-one" marriage and baptism ceremony that allows couples who already have ...

LONDON — The Church of England is offering couples a two-for-one service — marriage for them and baptisms for their children. The church is recognizing the changing reality of British families, it ...

Let’s face it — in the industrialized, Western world, religion is having a fairly rough go of it. Sure, there will always be some hardcore fundamentalist literalists who refuse to admit, say, that ...

Meghan Markle's family will likely travel to England to watch their daughter get baptized and confirmed into the Church of England later this month Meghan Markle’s family will likely travel to England ...