Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.

and is about the baptism of Jesus Christ — celebrated in the Catholic faith with a feast on the Sunday following Epiphany, or Jan. 12 this year. Jesus' baptism "is one of the most pivotal ...

Two ritual observances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, are maintained by members of the Church of Christ irrespective of their denomination or of their personal spiritual maturity. Whether these ...

1,958 people got baptized in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday at The Church of Eleven22's Beach Baptism 2025 event. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It was a sea of hope at The Church of Eleven22's beach baptism ...

Parolin inaugurated and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan, before thousands of Jordanians, Palestinians, other Arabs and diplomats.

Throughout church history a few marginal movements ... The Passover has given place to the Lord’s Supper, and circumcision to baptism. But the final purpose of the signs remains the same.

AMMAN — Pope Francis has appointed Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin as a papal envoy to inaugurate the Church of the Baptism of the Lord in Jordan on Friday, the Holy See announced.

The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord commemorates Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan River by St. John the Baptist. The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes baptism as the “basis of the whole ...

Mclendon said she grew up in the church, and thus wanted to have an infant baptism performed on Presleigh in the Hickory Grove United Methodist ... generation around the Lord if churches turn ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.

Representing Pope Francis, the top Vatican diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin inaugurated and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, known in the Bible as Bethany Beyond ...