The land on which the church sits is near one of the holiest Christian sites in the world – the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was baptized in the Jordan River. There are several ...

Over 28,000 people were baptized at hundreds of gatherings across the United States on Pentecost Sunday as part of a ...

This Sunday, the Church celebrates the baptism of Jesus Christ. It's an event that is recorded in all four gospels, so we know it's important. But there's a question that has puzzled Christians ...

The area of the churches of Saint John the Baptist near the Jordan River. These two areas are connected by a stream called Wadi Kharrar, which is where it is believed Jesus was baptized.

The Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Friday consecrated a new church at a place on the banks of the Jordan River that the Catholic Church officially recognizes as the ...

"He was just showing the example by going in and getting baptized," he said. "What churches do today is different from what John the Baptist was doing. Now we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior ...

All four Gospels speak of the beginning of Jesus’ three-year public life with his baptism in the River Jordan by St. John the Baptist. The Church emphasizes that each January when it celebrates ...

Since the beginning of Christianity, baptism and Jesus’ resurrection have been ... You may remember when three churches in Sri Lanka were bombed on Easter Sunday 2019. We saw similar violence ...

Yet baptism is central to the Christian life: commanded by Jesus, taught by the apostles, and honored, practiced, and contemplated from church fathers like Augustine of Hippo and Cyril of ...

“Pope Francis sent me as his legate [personal representative] for the consecration of the Latin church on the site of Jesus’ baptism. I would like also in the name of His Holiness to thank the ...

The baptism of Jesus Christ was obviously not necessary to cleanse him of sins, but it was needed to set an example for Christians and begin Jesus’ ministry. The Revs. Ben Ford and Kathryn ...