St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy. In fact, the Nativity of ...

This condemnation would be the end for St. John the Baptist since King Herod promised a wish to his daughter on her birthday. So, in revenge for John the Baptist’s condemnation of her mother ...

Tradition holds that today St. John the Baptist was beheaded ... was as a result of Salome’s dance during lustful Herod’s birthday party that he promised to give the girl anything she wanted ...

I’ve always loved St. John the Baptist dearly, largely because the ... While John was in prison, Herod threw himself a lavish birthday party, attended by the leading men of Galilee.

In the Tucson area, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist is the beginning of the summer monsoon. The National Weather Service would tell you differently, and so sometimes would the sky.

One of Leonardo da Vinci’s most renowned paintings, Saint John the Baptist, is about to make an international trip from its home at the Musée du Louvre in Paris to the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Salome’s dancing so pleased her stepfather Herod that he offered her anything she wanted. Her mother advised Salome to demand John the Baptist’s head, which Salome presented to her family in an ...