Today’s Sunday Gospel is a very short one. It is the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ. You can read it in your Bible on Mark 1:7-11. This is what [John the Baptist] proclaimed: “One mightier than I is ...

The baptism of Jesus Christ was obviously not necessary to cleanse him of sins, but it was needed to set an example for Christians and begin Jesus’ ministry. The Revs. Ben Ford and Kathryn Almendarez ...

Today’s gospel is a story of a very special encounter between the Lord Jesus Christ and his cousin, John the Baptist. Whether they ever met before as they were growing up, we really don’t know, as it ...

Pope Francis encouraged Christians to remember their baptism with "joy," as he reflected on the role of Jesus Christ's baptism by John the Baptist in God's saving mission for humanity. The Pope said ...

St. John the Baptist is revered in Christian churches as the last great prophet who foretold the coming of the Messiah. A Jewish contemporary of Jesus Christ, he was known for his evangelizing and for ...

The Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Friday consecrated a new church at a place on the banks of the Jordan River that the Catholic Church officially recognizes as the site ...

Science and archeology offer insights into ancient artifacts that could be linked to Jesus Christ. “Finding Jesus: Fact, Faith, Forgery,” Sunday nights at 9 ET/PT on CNN. Religion professor Candida ...