The revelation of Jesus as Messiah is the theme of today’s Gospel — and so we take another look at St. John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus Christ.

“The Church observes the birth of John as in some way sacred; and you will not find any other of the great men of old whose ...

To approximate the experience of those early followers of John, we might take a field trip to an anechoic (literally “without echo”) chamber. The background noise in these sound-absorbent rooms ...

But researchers found that “the tooth was actually from the 5th century AD and could not have belonged to John the Baptist,” a spokesperson for the Art Institute says, citing results of tests ...