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Today our mother Church the Catholic church celebrates the birth of St. John the baptist. June 24 was eventually chosen as the date for the solemnity because Scripture tells us that John was conceived six months before Jesus (see Lk 1:36). Presumably, then, John was born about six months before Christ, and Christ’s nativity was celebrated on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Happy Solemnity to all Catholics.