15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes ... the person baptized is configured to Christ. Baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark ( character ) of his ...

Catholics will celebrate the feast of the Baptism of Jesus. Christian baptism is rooted in a rich symbolism of water in the ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, is the pope’s special envoy for the Mass of consecration of the Church of the Baptism of Christ, January 10. The site is traditionally believed to ...

It's a way of expressing publicly that you're a Christian. There are lots of symbols in a baptism ceremony. The water can represent coming clean to God and starting a new life. For a Christian the ...

Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Gospel: Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 Today, the Church celebrates the significant feast of the Baptism of the L ...

It promises a biblical village and the largest Christian pilgrimage ... Petra news agency The baptism site known as Bethany beyond the Jordan includes a system to collect water Plans for the ...