Pope Francis baptizes a baby in the Sistine Chapel Jan. 10, 2016. Credit: L'Osservatore Romano.

Pope Francis baptizes a baby in the Sistine Chapel Jan. 10, 2016. Credit: L’Osservatore Romano.

Pope Francis Sunday baptized 28 babies during Mass in the Sistine Chapel, reminding parents that by asking for the Sacrament of Baptism, the gift of faith, for their child, they have a responsibility to guard it and to help it deepen.

“The faith is to believe what is the truth. God the Father who sent his son, and the spirit who gives life,” he said Jan. 8. “But faith is also to trust in God, and that you must teach them, with your example, with your life.”

Pope St. John Paul II started the custom for the Pope to baptize babies in the Sistine Chapel on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

The Baptism of the Lord is typically celebrated by the Church on the Sunday following Jan. 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, unless in a particular country the Epiphany is celebrated on Jan. 7 or 8, as it is in the US. In that instance the Baptism of the Lord is then celebrated the following Monday.

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