Rumors that a man in the state of Florida was arrested after trying to "baptize" an alligator in a Waffle House restaurant circulated online in mid-February 2026. There was no evidence that the claim ...

(RNS) Catholic leaders have carefully, if quietly, avoided doing anything to block gay couples from having their children baptized. But a new policy drafted by a Wisconsin bishop is prompting worries ...

CHARLOTTE, NC (WCMH) – A North Carolina mother is behind bars after she baptized her daughter without the permission of the girl’s father. Kendra Stocks has been ordered to spend seven days in jail ...

A North Carolina woman is spending a week in the county jail — because she had her daughter baptized. Kendra Stocks, of Charlotte, began her sentence on Friday after being found in contempt of court.

A North Carolina mom started serving a week-long jail sentence for having her daughter baptized, according to reports. The 2016 baptism at St. Peter’s Catholic Church when the girl was 2 years old ...

CHARLOTTE, NC (WCMH) – A North Carolina mother is behind bars after she baptized her daughter without the permission of the girl’s father. Kendra Stocks has been ordered to spend seven days in jail ...

A disturbed Brooklyn mom who was busted after her 6-year-old daughter was found dead in her bathtub told police she “was baptizing her daughter,” prosecutors said in court Sunday. Karla Espinal, 26, — ...