"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

What was he thinking? Why did Jesus request baptism from John? This could be a reckless question. Consider how frequently we fail, even in daily life, to know the minds of others. And they are in ...

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Response to a “dubium” on the validity of baptism conferred by “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” called “Mormons.” Question: Whether the ...

Epiphany, or Epiphany, is one of the key holidays of the Orthodox calendar associated with the evangelical event of the ...

For as long as humans have prayed, they have probably prayed at water places. Water often moves us to wonder, joy, terror or peace, and many times, water—whether it ...

The Baptism of the Lord closes the Christmas season. The next day begins the First Week of Ordinary Time, Lent following in five weeks on Feb. 17. The Christmas season is full of theophanies, i.e., ...

May I wish you all a happy and blessed Timkat season. Tim­kat, I should explain, is an important festival of the 40-million-strong Orthodox Church of Ethiopia. By common consent, it is one of the ...

During his homily on Saturday morning in Luanda, Angola, Pope Benedict addressed bishops, priests, religious, members of ecclesial movements and catechists and explained that through the Sacrament of ...

Hamburg artist Eric Armusik completed a large commission for St. Mary RC Parish in Hamburg. The painting is a 4 foot by 6 foot painting of the Baptism of Christ. The painting was commissioned in 2017 ...