The angel Gabriel appears to Zechariah in Solomon’s Temple. This exchange about John the Baptist's conception is depicted in this painting created by Renaissance artist Domenico Ghirlandai in 1490.

Sunday, June 24, is the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Mass Readings: Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66, 80. Today the Church celebrates the ...

Today on the feast of the birth of St. John the Baptist, the Holy Father greeted pilgrims gathered under the hot June sun in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday recitation of the Angelus.

St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy.

St. John the Baptist is a great exemplar of this phrase on numerous fronts, for he stands as a timeless witness to strength, perseverance and, most of all, humility.

(The birth of John the Baptist was a miracle. Here's why.) After John the Baptist was beheaded, his body was reportedly buried at Sebastia, in modern Palestine.

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 newly restored "St. John the Baptist," by Leonardo da Vinci. C2RMF/Clot Thomas Earlier this year, the Louvre Museum in Paris threw parts of the art world into an uproar when it announced its ...