CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after ...

There are moments in Scripture so profound, so defining, they resound across time and ripple into the hearts of every ...

There is a divine rhythm to the life we were made for — a beautiful, eternal dance happening between the Father, the Son, and ...

The breath/wind/Spirit brings life, and so Jesus associates the Spirit with the waters of birth—and thus water baptism signifies both new birth to new life in Christ and immersion (baptism) in the ...

Doves come bringing peace, and the Holy Spirit brings peace, and Jesus is Prince of Peace. The dove represents purity, peace, and the gentle presence of the Spirit. Summary There are three biblical ...

Traditionally, the Church prays the novena to the Holy Spirit in the days before Pentecost. The name of the day itself is derived from the Greek word “pentecoste,” meaning “50th.” ...

A Homily for Pentecost Sunday Readings: Acts 2:1-11 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 The Holy Spirit has no face, but he does have a gaze. We can warm to, and benefit from, images of Christ.

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 ...

See how Jesus’ baptism begins a picture-story in the New Testament about a Holy Spirit Mother in bodily form as a dove. She is white, because She is the Light who God created in the beginning.

When I first took up my post as Community Outreach Manager and Chaplain at The Terminus Initiative on Lowedges, one of my primary remits was to introduce the Gospel and the love of Jesus to a largely ...