Pope Francis Explains Why Jesus Was Baptized and What Justice Has to Do with It? - ZENIT - English
Pope Francis Explains Why Jesus Was Baptized and What Justice Has to Do with It? - ZENIT - English : The Holy Father’s address during the Angelus on Sunday, January 8, 2023. The Holy Father’s address during the Angelus on Sunday, January 8, 2023. JANUARY 09, 2023 15:16 ZENIT STAFF ANGELUS , POPE FRANCIS WhatsApp Messenger Facebook Twitter Share Share this Entry (ZENIT News / Vatican City, 08.01.2023).- According to the Vatican’s Gendarmerie, some 30,000 people gathered in Saint Peter’s Square to hear the Pope’s reflection and recite with him the Marian prayer of the Angelus. Here is the Pontiff’s address. * * * Today we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, and the Gospel presents us with an astonishing scene: it is the first time that Jesus appears in public after His hidden birth in Nazareth; He arrives on the bank of the River Jordan to be baptized by John ( Matthew 3:13-17). It is a rite by which the people repented and committed to converting; a liturgical hymn says t