Along with ritual immersion, John the Baptist called people to moral reform. His essential message, like the prophets of Israel before him, was one of repentance from sin in anticipation of God’s ...

St. John the Baptist is a favorite in our household. When I was expecting my second son, my husband and I realized that no (known) saint shared the same name as the one we had chosen for our child. We ...

This is Spanish artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo’s depiction of John the Baptist pointing to Jesus Christ as the savior of mankind. Murillo lived from 1617-82. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus told a crowd in ...

History knows him as John the Baptist – a fisher of men, a voice in the wilderness, the baptizer of Jesus, and a pillar of the Christian faith. Though he met his end at the whim of a vengeful queen, ...

Today, we are six months away from last Christmas and next Christmas. The Church today celebrates the birth of Jesus’ senior relative, John the Baptist. John’s birth is described in the Bible (Luke ...

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Giovanni Andrea Sirani (possibly after) depicts the dramatic climax of a moralizing biblical narrative through a Baroque-era lens. Salome with the Head of ...

They came to America with little more than their faith but they started a generations-long legacy. Sacrifices made by members of St. John the Baptist Polish National Catholic Church allowed ...