This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. Here’s what you need 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 ...

This past Sunday, the Christian community celebrated Pentecost and I am excited for this opportunity to share with you the significance of Pentecost and how this important event from 2,000 years ago ...

(RNS) — Pentecost is a profound reminder of hope, unity and action. It celebrates the moment when the Holy Spirit empowered the apostles to break barriers, share the gospel and bring healing to those ...

Editor's note: NCR is sharing with our readers a nine-day Novena for Pentecost resource created by board member and composer Dan Schutte. Schutte writes, "if there's ever a moment when we all could ...

My friends, we are soon entering my favorite season of the liturgical calendar: Pentecost! Oh, I know that probably doesn’t sound very Lutheran of me. After all, as a Protestant denomination, we are ...

The name comes from the Greek word pentekoste, meaning fiftieth. In many faith communities, Pentecost is a holy day celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter and is inspired by events described in ...

Novena for Pentecost: Join Dan Schutte in a virtual novena for Pentecost. The most powerful message we preach to the world is in the way we treat each other, especially at times like this when we are ...

Pope Francis speaks in a video message to an ecumenical charismatic prayer meeting on the vigil of Pentecost, in this still image taken from video released by the Vatican May 22, 2021. (Credit: CNS ...

You might imagine a pastor eulogizing a stranger on occasion. As a seminary intern at a church where the mean age of its members hovered around 70, I presided over a bevy of funerals. Before and after ...