Sunday, May 28, is Pentecost Sunday. Mass readings: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23. What a wondrous and challenging feast we celebrate at ...

Sunday, May 23, is Pentecost Sunday. Mass Readings: Acts 2:1-11, 39-40; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-32, 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 or Galatians 5:16-25; John 20:19-23 or John 15:26-27, 16:12-15. This is ...

Sunday, May 28, marks Pentecost, the conclusion of the Easter season and the commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. In the Christian tradition, the rejoicing over Christ's ...

On the solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis urged Catholics to invoke the Holy Spirit daily to bring harmony to a divided world, a polarized Church, and to broken hearts. Speaking in St. Peter’s ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday with international pilgrims belonging to new Church movements, associations, and communities celebrating ...

In the Old Testament, Pentecost was the feast that occurred fifty days after Passover. As the Passover feast celebrated the exodus of the Israelites from the slavery of Egypt, so Pentecost celebrated ...

Sunday, June 9, on both the Jewish and Christian calendars is Pentecost Sunday. The word “Pentecost” comes from a Greek word meaning 50. The Jewish Festival of Pentecost occurred 50 days after ...

How do we live wisely in a world that pierces our hearts? As we give thanks for the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost this weekend, may we also experience a clarification of our collective ...

Pentecost is a Christian church holiday, falling on the seventh Sunday after Easter. The word Pentecost is derived from the Greek word "pentekoste," meaning 50. The Old Testament counterpart to ...

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 ...

The great celebration of Pentecost is, of all our liturgical feasts, the solemnity most focused on the Holy Spirit. And yet, the profundity of what it is we believe and celebrate about the Holy Spirit ...

Pope Francis blesses the faithful with holy water as he celebrates Mass marking the feast of Pentecost in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 20. The pope at his "Regina Coeli" announced that he ...