When the young woman learned that her baptism into the Roman Catholic Church would be a thorough dousing, her reaction was short and blunt "Aaagh!" "You will get very wet," Monsignor Gerald Wilkerson ...

July 21 — To the Editor: I enjoyed reading about the archaeological find of a "mikveh" on a Strawbery Banke museum plot. The article, printed July 9 ("Archaeology team unearths mikveh at Strawbery ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Baptism today often means sprinkling water on the head. At one time, for some Christians, it amounted to washing feet. Most ...