The following is the full text of the homily given by Pope Leo XIV for Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Square June 8. Dear brothers and sisters, “The day has dawned upon us when …, glor ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy confirms a young adult during a June 8 Pentecost Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle ...

VATICAN— Pope Leo XIV on Saturday urged Catholics to embrace the Holy Spirit as a source of freedom and grace, addressing a ...

- Catholic pilgrims fill the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, ...

Thousands of pilgrims flocked to Șumuleu Ciuc in Romania on Saturday to partake in the liturgy for what is believed to be the ...

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

“I was a cradle Catholic, but I left the practice for the longest time ... Bishop Burbidge said that it was fitting that the confirmandi receive the sacrament of confirmation on Pentecost, the ...

On May 17, Brother Christian Matson, a Catholic monk in Kentucky, told Religion News Service, "This Sunday, Pentecost 2024, I'm planning to come out publicly as transgender." "You've got to deal ...

This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year, which concludes the Easter season. Father Matthias Opara, a Nigerian Catholic priest who was ...

Pentecost, said Fr. Louis Cona of New York, is the "preeminent celebration of the Holy Spirit" — and is celebrated on Sunday, May 19, seven weeks after Easter. Cona is a priest of the Diocese of ...