Pentecost Monday is celebrated every year 50 days after Easter. An optional public holiday in the French calendar, we explain the history and origins of this religious festival, which falls this year ...

Under the bright Florida sun, Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier of St. Augustine celebrated Mass to kick off the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on Pentecost.

Today is the day when many Christian denominations celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the 12 apostles, following ...

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Here is one story I heard from Fr. Ben Prado, SVD, our veteran missionary to Indonesia. In one of his mission trips, he found himself in a deep forest. It was getting dark and his horse was very ...

PentecostHow can one relate to the unseen Spirit? The paucity of our various languages reveals the difficulty of expressing ...

May 24, 2026 – Pentecost Sunday Readings: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104, R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the ...

Diocese of Pueblo Bishop Stephen J. Berg writes about consecrating the United States on its 250th anniversary to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Pentecost was never meant to be remembered merely as a dramatic event in salvation history. It is an invitation continually ...

Having been instructed by the Lord and commissioned by him, the Church is now anointed by the Holy Spirit to give witness to the ends of the earth of the greatness of God and his saving love. The apse ...

By EWTN News POPE Leo XIV lamented that after being confirmed, many young people no longer attend church. He asked those ...

If you listen to that hymn and understand the Latin words, you recognize it as romantic prayer: Aquinas adoring and ...