In one photo, a priest points a water gun at a baby in a baptism gown from several yards away. The priest, Fr. Stephen Klasek, pastor of two parishes in the diocese of Nashville: St. Mark in ...

The holy day celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Siddhartha Gautama, considered the founder of Buddhism. Buddhist monks Tuesday carried jars of holy water during a ceremony in ...

Sept. 14, 2013— -- Despite its purported cleansing properties, holy water could actually be more harmful than healing, according to a new Austrian study on "holy" springs. Researchers at the ...

CNA Staff, May 26, 2020 / 11:55 am. The Tennessee priest in a now-viral photograph that seemed to depict a baptism by water gun has told parishioners that the photo was staged, and was meant to be ...

Father Timothy Pelc thought he would have a little fun on Easter – and observe social distancing, of course – by using a plastic squirt gun to dispense holy water on parishioners.

A priest's unorthodox way of administering holy water to his parishioners who are social distancing has become a sensation online. Photos showing Father Timothy R. Pelc of the St. Ambrose Parish ...

A viral photograph depicts a priest baptising a child using holy water from a toy water gun. But what really happened? Among the plethora of social distancing-inspired pictures which swept the ...

Pilgrims jostle for 'holy' water during Uganda Martyrs Day commemoration at Namugongo, Wakiso District on June 3, 2023. PHOTO/ DAVID LUBOWA By 5am on Saturday, security personnel had started ...