Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, is the pope’s special envoy for the Mass of consecration of the Church ...

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

Invocation “Wade in the Water” Blind Boys of Alabama §  §. §  §. § For those who track the annual lectionary journey, ...

2. Anointing: In baptism we are not just washed of sins, but we also become temples of the Holy Spirit. After baptism there ...

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 ...

Baptismal rituals in glacial lands hold memories of the past—and wisdom for facing climate change.

Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord year C ✠ A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 3:15-16,21-22 A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to think that John ...

You could say that the winter chill and icy waters were counterbalanced by the warmth of prayer and the blessings for that ...

Local Orthodox Christian community members gathered Sunday afternoon to mark Theophany with the Blessing of the Waters at ...

The Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team – led by double Olympic Gold medalist Martine Grael – is one of two new nations to join the league this season, alongside the Red Bull Italy SailGP Team. This weekend, ...

Anybody might think that the only words Lancelot Andrewes wrote were the ones that inspired T S Eliot’s The Journey of the ...

If your first thought is how much time a baptism will add to the Mass, reflect on what is actually happening when that water is poured, the priest invokes the name of the Trinity and the infant ...