In the early 13th century, the church faithful were abstaining from receiving holy Communion. It wasn't that they were not ...

and is about the baptism of Jesus Christ — celebrated in the Catholic faith with a feast on the Sunday following Epiphany, or Jan. 12 this year. Jesus' baptism "is one of the most pivotal ...

Today, the Feast of the Baptism ... And I would like to ask the Lord, for all young couples, that they have the joy of welcoming the gift of children and bringing them to Baptism’.

Today, we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, one of the three revelations of the Epiphany ... and shared with all who are baptised into his death and resurrection. On the Feast of the Baptism, we ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Francis returned to St. Peter's Square for the Sunday prayer of the Angelus, on the occasion of the feast of the Baptism of the Lord which, according to the liturgical calendar currently in force ...

Today’s feast is a time to reflect not only on the Lord’s baptism but on our own. In an extended sense, when Christ is baptized, so are we, for we are members of his body (Ephesians 5:30).

Some have also compared the scene to a painting of the gods of Olympus called “The Feast of the Gods.” Painted by the Dutch artist Jan van Bijlert in the 17th century, it shows gods crowded ...

Two ritual observances, baptism and the Lord’s ... pledge of devotion to holiness. The Lord’s Supper. The second ordinance is the memorial feast instituted by Jesus on the eve of his death.

today’s feast, the Baptism of the Lord, is one of the three epiphanies of Jesus’ humanity, according to the early Church Fathers. In each, Jesus reveals himself in a new way to us: as the ...