And it seems to be that he calls for baptism as a sign of rededication or repurification of life in a typically Jewish way before God. That Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist is as certain as ...

On the Sunday after Epiphany, the Scripture reading is always the familiar story of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.

John the Baptist preached in the wilderness ... This could be for the following reasons: baptism is for the forgiveness of sin, yet Jesus is God’s son and therefore sinless Jesus is the greater ...

The Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Friday consecrated a new church at a place on the banks of the ...

There are limits to the theology of geography. Our souls are not physical places; our souls are spiritual realities. But ...

The readings for the Baptism of the Lord include the prophet Isaiah's paradoxical description of the powerful Messiah as marked by gentleness and tenderness. Our baptism joins us to his ministry in ...

As John the Baptist continued baptizing in the Jordan River for the forgiveness of sins, “the people were filled with ...

Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America. He will stand on the western steps ...

Jesus was a perfect and sinless man born of the Holy Spirit, so why did he ask John to baptize him? It turns out that this ...

The church’s inauguration also reflected the Hashemite kingdom’s determination to establish itself as an essential stop-off ...

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the ...