John the Baptist demanded proof that those seeking baptism were sincere. “‘Bear fruits in keeping with repentance’”, he ...

St. John the Baptist was a contemporary of Jesus Christ, who was known for his evangelization and his baptizing of Jesus Christ. This saint was born through the intercession and miracle of God to ...

Our knowledge of the figure of John the Baptist is very limited. We have only those references to him in the Christian gospels, where he stands alongside of Jesus. We also have references to him in ...

St. John the Baptist is revered in Christian churches as the last great prophet who foretold the coming of the Messiah. A Jewish contemporary of Jesus Christ, he was known for his evangelizing and for ...

Works of great beauty by unknown artists are time’s antidotes for today’s celebrity culture. One such work is the Wilton Diptych [opposite page], a small devotional masterpiece from the end of the ...

Why did Jesus need to be baptized? It was a delicate issue for the earliest Christians, as one can see in Matthew’s baptism account, in which “John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be ...

Today’s gospel is a story of a very special encounter between the Lord Jesus Christ and his cousin, John the Baptist. Whether they ever met before as they were growing up, we really don’t know, as it ...