Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter's Square on June 8, 2025. In his homily, he ...

WORD ALIVEOnce an archbishop was discussing Christianity with a learned Japanese writer. The writer told the archbishop, ...

We read in the Acts of the Apostles, when the day of Pentecost had come, they were together in one place. Suddenly there came ...

On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.

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 ...

The Holy Spirit is no more a dove then Jesus is a piece of bread. Let’s look at this scripture: “and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are ...

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The Holy Spirit—one of the persons of the Trinity, referred to as “God” in Acts 5:3-4—has many other names and titles. Most of them indicate an aspect of His function in, or ministry through, the ...

Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images As 133 cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, they "could feel the working of the Holy Spirit," Leo told the crowd on Sunday, adding that the spirit "was able ...

As 133 cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, they "could feel the working of the Holy Spirit," Leo told the crowd on Sunday, adding that the spirit "was able to bring us into harmony ...