The tradition began in the 1800s with a Portuguese priest who wanted to celebrate the Holy Spirit — one of the entities of the Roman Catholic Church’s trinity ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded ...

Say “Holy Spirit,” and most imagine a dove or tongues of fire gently descending. But the Celts envisioned something wilder: a goose in flight—honking across the sky, untamed and impossible ...

Do not be afraid to grapple with your innermost thoughts, feelings and problems so that your heart can be filled with God and ...

Those who've been advocating for women deacons in the Catholic Church are taking stock of the possibility under the papacy of ...

Thank you for courageously accepting the Lord’s invitation to follow him, to be disciples, to enter the seminary,” Pope Leo ...

Evangelisation and catechesis are inseparably intertwined, forming the heart of the Church’s mission in the world today.

Up to seven people were killed and up to 13 injured in a large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv and Odesa June 10, which ...

Traditionalist Catholics have urged Pope Leo XIV to ease his predecessor's restrictions on the Latin Mass, insisting the move was based on misunderstandings and is hampering a Western Church revival.

ATLANTA--As designated pilgrim churches of the Jubilee Year of Hope, six churches in the Atlanta Archdiocese welcome visitors ...

Volunteers are needed for the annual “One Week, One Street” project in Saginaw from June 23-27 on Maplewood Ave. in Saginaw (between Hess and Webber).

Recognizing the essential tenets of faith that Catholics and Orthodox share should be the lens through which they discuss the issues that continue to separate them, Pope Leo XIV said.

In 'A Theology of Fiction,' Cassandra Nelson explores how Sr. Mariella Gable stimulated a 20th century surge by American Catholic writers.