Catholic clergy representing the Latin Church as well as Greek Catholics, Maronites, Chaldeans, Syriacs and Armenians ...

The Orthodox Church celebrated, on Friday, its yearly pilgrimage to Al-Maghtas, the site of Jesus Christ's baptism, which ...

When Jesus came to John to be baptized, Matthew tells us, “John tried to prevent him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, ...

Clergy and members from several area Orthodox Christian churches braved the cold on Sunday afternoon to pray for God’s ...

During the liturgy, the faithful were sprinkled with holy water that had been collected from the Jordan River before Mass, ...

Jesus is a faithful Son of Israel. If his people are summoned, then so is he. What will become a basic pattern of our ...

As we celebrate the feast of the baptism of Our Lord Jesus today, let us reflect on the significance of baptism.

The year was 1982. As I was on the verge of entering the world, my grandparents undertook a pilgrimage to Jordan and Israel — a popular pursuit among Irish Catholics eager to explore sites documented ...

COMMENTARY: Baptism makes us missionary disciples in communion with God and each other. As children of God, we are sent out ...

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

It may have been cold and snowy with an uninvited, unwelcome biting wind but, despite those conditions, a few dozen people ...