Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost. The oldest of our festivals, just the ...

30 Through the Holy Spirit, Baptism is a bath that purifies ... is to be "a formation in the whole Christian life . . . during which the disciples will be joined to Christ their teacher.

This is confirmation season. While some of our candidates receive this great sacrament in the fall or winter, the vast ...

Archbishop Bernard Hebda said that Catholics must remember that God has a plan for them and the Catholic Church. This plan is ...

The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the ...

The cumulative weight of the Gospels leans in the direction of empathy for and solidarity with whoever is most in need of ...

During the baptism, "the Spirit descended like a dove ... "Even this event was symbolic and prophetic of the indwelling Holy Spirit that is available to believers in Christ." ...

Jesus’ instructions were to "baptise in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit", so these words are said during a baptism. Two pastors fully submerge a man during his believers’ baptism ...

According to figures from the Catholic Church in France, 10,300 adults were expected to be baptized during Easter ... and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). Baptism likely originated from ...