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A likeness of St. John the Baptist is seen in stained glass at Caldwell Chapel on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington May 25, 2021. His feast day is June 24.

Fully aware of John’s doubts, Jesus offered this assessment: “Of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist.” John was a humble, strange, struggling man.

Readings: Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8. 19-28 St. Augustine often spoke of eternal life as our homeland. If we are away from the old country, we do not possess it. We ...

The Church today celebrates the birth of Jesus’ senior relative, John the Baptist. John’s birth is described in the Bible (Luke 1:57-80).

This painting was once a panel from the important five-panel altarpiece commissioned by Queen Isabella for the Carthusian monastery of Miraflores near Burgos, site of the royal tombs of her parents ...

Today on the feast of the birth of St. John the Baptist, the Holy Father greeted pilgrims gathered under the hot June sun in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday recitation of the Angelus.

Vatican City, Dec 7, 2003 / 22:00 pm During the recitation of the Angelus on the Second Sunday of Advent, Pope John Paul II said the call of St. John the Baptists resonates still today, calling ...