According to the East Conemaugh church, the tradition is connected to the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River by St. John. The Little Conemaugh, which flows through the region and connects ...

“The Church observes the birth of John as in some way sacred; and you will not find any other of the great men of old whose ...

Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the Benedictus. In keeping with his distinctiveness, the birth of Jesus is featured ...

COMMENTARY: The week’s liturgical calendar features saints who died defying unjust rulers — and feasts that point to the ...

The readiness of evangelical Christians to take up arms to make America a “Christian nation” has grown alarmingly.

A festival celebrating the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist ended in bloodshed as ten were gunned down and more were ...

St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy.

On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God.

Many aspects of Pope Francis’ remarkable program of ecclesial renewal weare prefigured in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s vision for ...

Like missions, theological education was on the hearts and minds of Southern Baptists from before the Convention’s founding ...

Three people have been arrested in St. John the Baptist Parish after a months-long investigation. The narcotics division in St. John began investigating Amandzo Williams, 43, in April 2025 for his ...

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