In this month dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus, as I file away a meditation for a most ancient novena for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, I prepare for June 27, the last Friday of the ...

Twenty-six young Catholics received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 7, in a solemn celebration led by Bishop Bernard Paul and concelebrated by Fr ...

Pope Leo XIV receives members of a Foundation and choir marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of the great composer and ...

An eerie rock with 255 symbols, that experts have now deciphered to be the Lord's Prayer, was found in a Canadian forest, ...

It is quite common for people to make observations about the role or meaning of the Holy Spirit based on aspects of the ...

There are some holidays that are celebrated on the same day by the Jewish and the Christian faiths. The term “holiday” ...

The dove is another symbol of the Holy Spirit. In the story of Noah ... as proposed legislation goes to vote today in the House of Commons. An eight-year-old Christian boy in Indonesia has died ...

The word Pentecost comes from the Greek pentēkostē, meaning "fiftieth." It commemorates the moment when Christ, having risen and ascended, fulfilled his promise by sending the Holy Spirit upon the ...

Say “Holy Spirit,” and most imagine a dove or tongues of fire gently descending ... “And that’s exactly the reason why these Christians chose this symbol. They realized that God’s ...

As we enter the Lenten season, it’s appropriate to understand the symbolism of our Christian heritage. Here are the meanings of the symbols ... the Holy Spirit “descended like a dove ...

Ideas for fashioning them are developed from early Christian symbols, the Bible and ... symbol of purity and innocence. The dove also stands for the Holy Spirit, and is a reminder of the presence ...

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