Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...

Ahead of the 'Jordan: Dawn of Christianity' exhibition in the Vatican, Father Rifat Badar, a Jordanian priest with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, describes how the nation offers hope to refugees ...

Throughout the audience, the pope had the crowd repeat "ricominciare," Italian for "begin again." The audience was held the day before the feast of the Baptism of the Lord when the church commemorates ...

It was Pope Benedict XVI who ... Church is located where Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River. Credit: Solène Tadié Recalling that baptism marks “the beginning ...

Before the Marian prayer, Pope Francis read the commentary on the Gospel of the day (Lk 3:15-16.21-22), which recounts the Baptism of Jesus at the River Jordan, a moment when the heavens ‘opened ...

allowing each to build a new church in this important place on the banks of the Jordan River. John Paul II visited the site in 2000 on his historic Jubilee pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Pope ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the ... The celebration marks the feast day that recalls Jesus’ baptism in the River Jordan and was established in 1981 by St. John ...