Forty years ago, a group of young men and women volunteered for roles in the first live re-enactment of the Stations of the ...

This is Spanish artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo’s depiction of John the Baptist pointing to Jesus Christ as the savior of mankind. Murillo lived from 1617-82. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus told a crowd in ...

History knows him as John the Baptist – a fisher of men, a voice in the wilderness, the baptizer of Jesus, and a pillar of the Christian faith. Though he met his end at the whim of a vengeful queen, ...

St. John the Baptist is a favorite in our household. When I was expecting my second son, my husband and I realized that no (known) saint shared the same name as the one we had chosen for our child. We ...

COMPARED TO TODAY IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AFTER A LOT OF ANGUISH BATED BREATH AND FIERCE OPINIONS, THE SAINT JOHN, THE BAPTIST SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPOINTED A NEW SUPERINTEND. IT IS A ...

Scenes from West Islip as St. John the Baptist debuted its new turf infield in a CHSAA baseball game against St. Edmund Prep on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr. Angelino Milone ...

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Giovanni Andrea Sirani (possibly after) depicts the dramatic climax of a moralizing biblical narrative through a Baroque-era lens. Salome with the Head of ...

With the arrival of Lent, many Christians enter a season marked by fasting and renewed spiritual focus. The 40-day observance recalls the period when Jesus of Nazareth withdrew into the wilderness ...