The Blessing of the Waters is primarily celebrated on January 6th (Theophany/Epiphany), commemorating Christ's baptism by ...

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Just as we wouldn’t leave newborns without clothes or food, we cannot leave them without faith and ...

Any of you who are theologically literate and have seen the film Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan, will have ...

Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 children in the Sistine Chapel in Rome on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Jan. 11, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday, marking his first baptismal ceremony as pontiff and continuing a long-standing Vatican tradition that concludes the Christmas season.

Pope Leo XIV has baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel, continuing an annual tradition marking the end of the Christmas ...

Prolonged droughts followed by intense rainfall have plunged Athens into a vicious cycle of weather whiplash. View on ...

The first Sunday of 2026 — also the feast of the Epiphany — started joyfully for Fontana Catholics who celebrated their newly ...

As Orthodox Christians around the world attended Epiphany ceremonies on Tuesday to commemorate the baptism of Christ, worried ...

Closing out on 2025, Pope Leo XIV thanked the city of Rome and its volunteers who helped the millions of pilgrims visiting St Peter's, as well as praying that we 'welcome foreigners' ...