The head of Saint John the Baptist, having been taken out of hiding in Constantinople, smuggled by ship to Venice, and then overland along the most frequented trade routes of Europe, arrived at ...

Credit: Dawn McCormick St. John the Baptist head coach Janine Pirone talks with her team during the CHSAA Class A girls lacrosse final against Xaverian on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at Sacred Heart.

In Christian theology, John the Baptist foretold the coming of Christ ... was taken to Downside Abbey in England, but his head has been in Saint Peter's Church in Drogheda in the east of Ireland ...

There is no bloody head on a platter, but rather the broken and bleeding body of Jesus dying on the cross for the crowds to witness. On the day marking the Passion of St. John the Baptist ...

We usually think of St. John the Baptist as an Advent figure but here he is, in today’s Gospel, doing what he always does: pointing to Christ. The first weeks in Ordinary Time each year are ...

The Basilica of Saint John the Baptist is celebrating its 200th anniversary ... Bishop David Bonnar, head of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, will be the chief celebrant.