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“As a missionary, we didn’t have to receive special permission from somebody in order to baptize an undocumented individual,” she recalled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

He then excused himself to help baptize a woman near the stage.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

Román had come to the United States in 2021 for a short trip to baptize a relative.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

A priest had come to her home to baptize her 4-month-old daughter, Nikol, who was scheduled to undergo lifesaving heart surgery the next day.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

He was going to baptize his own child along with all of Kilanga’s, on that great day down at the river when his dream finally came true.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Miraculous moments in the story, such as water welling from a rock where Patrick later baptizes people, play out in a quiet tone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Her church baptizes people in it, and she has seen people cross it on foot.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

But in an explanatory note accompanying its decision, it recalled that when a priest baptizes someone, it is actually Christ performing the sacrament, not the community.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

The blistering sun baptizes during the day; the infinite dust dries you out in the afternoon; the wind bites at night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

With financial help from her boyfriend, she baptizes seven-year-old Diana.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Jim Rigby, who baptized Talarico and married his parents, remembers the youngster as a "calming presence."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

One option we floated, because I was baptized Catholic, was the iconic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

French bishops report that 13,234 adults were baptized this year in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

That same sea that baptized me is, for thousands of others, a grave.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

“Whoa! Petra! Get this: Vermeer was baptized on Halloween in 1632. That’s the first fact about his life.”

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

The Bible recounts John the Baptist preaching to a flock around the Jordan River and baptizing Jesus there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

They said Father Daghir suggested inviting his brother, a transitional deacon training to join his twin brother as a priest, to participate so that it would be “twins baptizing twins.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

“I get what it looks like,” he says of his new job, which doesn’t involve baptizing pop stars in bathtubs or preaching to throngs of adoring congregants.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023

Behind the tub, a mural of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus stretches across the wall.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2022

“We’ve done our duty by baptizing the,”' Úrsula would say, jotting down in a ledger the name and address of the mother and the place and date of birth of the child.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez