Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the ...

Thousands of people attended horse racing events to mark the end of traditional celebrations on Cape Verdean island Santo ...

Guanjuato, which is northwest of Mexico City, has been one of the country’s most violent states, as various organized crime groups battle for control. There have been 1,435 homicides in the state ...

“The Church observes the birth of John as in some way sacred; and you will not find any other of the great men of old whose ...

Many thousands of people welcomed the summer in Porto the way the city has been doing it for decades and centuries: by ...

The Gospel for today’s feast follows Luke’s account of the Visitation and Mary’s Magnificat. After Mary has “remained with ...

A celebration where revelers get wet normally, where there is no room for ill feelings against other participants, where poor ...

An annual festival has kicked off on Penzance with the head of St John the Baptist carried through the town's streets.

The Nativity with the Infant Saint John, by Piero di Cosimo, 1495-1505 © National Gallery of Art, Washington. Source: ...