ISTANDBUL — During the only public Mass of his three-day apostolic journey to Turkey, Pope Francis warned that unity without the Holy Spirit stays limited within human plans and falls into mere ...

Alongside the WYD cross and the icon of Mary, and under the "magnificent constellation of the Southern Cross," the Pope delivered a message to pilgrims gathered at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney for ...

The disciples and the followers of Jesus returned to Jerusalem to the upper room where they were staying. They were waiting for Jesus’s promise to be fulfilled when he said to them, “The Holy Spirit ...

Pope Leo XIV greets a child from the popemobile as he prepares to lead a Pentecost prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 7 with participants in the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, ...

Sunday, May 20, 2018, 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. The Solemnity of Pentecost is the birth of the ...

Upon visiting my church, above the altar you will see a symbol of a seagull inside a circle. Many have asked why is there a bird in a circle, instead of a cross? Why isn’t there a cross on the altar?

NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J., Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new chapter in sacred art has opened at Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum with the unveiling of the Symbols of the Holy Spirit mosaics inside its ...

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 30, 2021. In remarks on the feast of the Holy Trinity, the pope ...

The indwelling Holy Spirit secures the unity of the Church. Establishing and strengthening unity among the people of God falls within the province of the third person of the Holy Trinity. The early ...

During the only public Mass of his three-day apostolic journey to Turkey, Pope Francis warned that unity without the Holy Spirit stays limited within human plans and falls into mere uniformity.