June 24 is the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and the gospel of the day talks about his circumcision (cfr. Lk 1,57-66.80) which, at that time, meant his entry into the covenant ...

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home ...

In celebrating the great solemnity of Pentecost today, the church turns her mind to consider perhaps the most mysterious, and ...

The Catholic Church in Malta is tomorrow celebrating the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord. This celebration is deeply rooted in the history of the parish of St Julian’s and, particularly ...

the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, by Bishop Joseph Shen Bin. More than 1,500 faithful, as well as catechumens from the diocesan Catechism Course, took part in the solemn Mass in the Cathedral of ...

"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 ...

Representing Pope Francis, the top Vatican diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin inaugurated and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, known in the Bible as Bethany Beyond ...

Today, we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, one of the three revelations of the Epiphany, the other two being the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem, and the sign of water transformed into wine at the ...

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.

Early Christians found the baptism of Jesus troubling. Why, they asked, was the sinless one baptised, if, as the gospel says, baptism was for the forgiveness of sins? Very soon, however ...

Parolin inaugurated and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan, before thousands of Jordanians, Palestinians, other Arabs and diplomats.

Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, His Majesty’s chief adviser for religious and cultural affairs and personal envoy, attends on Friday the inauguration ceremony of ...