"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

“You go to your church and I’ll go to mine. We’re going to the same place, only on different roads.”This statement is made by many people who mistakenly believe there are many ways to God in heaven.

Who is Jesus? On this celebration of Jesus’ baptism, the Gospel of Matthew provides a clear answer: Jesus is the Son of God. Matthew’s account of Jesus’ baptism includes details not found in the other ...

Some time ago, I attended a Mass celebrated by a holy priest from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Fr. Jean Pierre was studying at a Catholic university near my home in the Midwest and he often ...

Detail from “The Baptism of Christ” by Joachim Patinir (Credit: WikiArt.) Listen Having celebrated all the holy days of the past several weeks, the Church now begins Ordinary Time. In this season of ...

With the celebration of the Solemnity of Christ's baptism, we end the Christmas season and enter the Ordinary Time of the liturgical calendar. It is a good occasion to remind ourselves that we should ...

The baptismal font is a tomb in which a person dies to sin, and it is a womb through which a person is born to new life in Christ, Pope Francis said. "Just as our parents generated us to earthly life, ...

Pope Francis arrives to lead his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Sept. 8, 2021. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen ROME — There is no place for discrimination or divisive ...