PROPHECY or diplomatic analysis? That’s the question provoked by a thoughtful reader commenting on our Jan. 8 column: “The ...

The story of St. Francis of Assisi teaches us that conversion is lifelong, dynamic and ongoing. He was an ordinary Christian ...

The Queenship of Mathilda of Flanders, c.1031-1083: Embodying Conquest by Laura L. Gathagan traces the material legacy of the ...

Women who died in childbirth, young men who died in war, infants who died before baptism—these especially pitiable dead were ...

Catherine Conybeare’s new biography reveals a bishop formed by two worlds, two languages, and a church struggling to ...

A. Baptism was instituted, very probably, about the time Our Lord was baptized by St. John, and its reception was commanded when after His resurrection Our Lord said to His Apostles: "All power is ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we ...

One of the things we know for certain about Jesus is that he was baptized by John. We're sure of it because it embarrassed the early church, making Jesus appear as John's disciple, yet it was too well ...

Introduction Epiphany is one of the oldest and most profound celebrations in Christianity, marking God's revelation to humanity in the person of Jesus Christ. Traditionally observed on 6 January, ...