Its popularity is partly due to the many saints named John, such as John the Baptist and the ... was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church. His canonization took place on April 27, 2014, by Pope ...

"The name chosen is almost the mission that the ... shepherd wherever he sees fit," says Puente. The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist will hold a special Mass to pray for Pope Leo XIV.

Chosen 23 times by popes, most recently in 1958 by Pope John XXIII. John can refer to St. John the Apostle, one of Jesus' 12 apostles and the author of one of the Gospels, or St. John the Baptist ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A special Mass will be held at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston to pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis next week, Diocese of Charleston ...

A stained-glass window from the former St. John the Baptist Church now resides at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. The window, depicting St. John the Baptist’s baptism, was restored after the ...

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 ...

Dallas Jenkins, from St. Charles, Ill ... And then you actually watch “The Chosen.” In “The Chosen,” a follower of John the Baptist reports that “John calls money a social construct ...

Eight people were injured during a shooting outside of a Wallace bar Saturday morning, according to the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office. Three victims had gunshot wounds ...

History knows him as John the Baptist – a fisher of men ... humility and devotion. This patron saint of converts is the subject of the latest installment of legendary filmmaker Martin ...

The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, at the corner of Broadview and Snow roads in Parma since 1960, will no longer be used for worship, Bishop Robert Pipta announced in a news release last week.