Pope Leo XIV Baptizes 20 Vatican Infants, Calls Faith Essential to Family Life
Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 infants, Vatican employees’ children, in the Sistine Chapel for the Baptism of the Lord, urging parents to view faith as essential for their children’s lives and highlighting the parental witness role; the rite uses water, a white garment, and a candle to signify baptism’s meaning, a Vatican tradition begun in 1981 by John Paul II.