The three most important Solemnities on the Church’s calendar (and the three most important mysteries in her life) are Easter, Christmas and Pentecost. Without Easter, people should all pack up and go ...

That the celebration of even one Mass has infinite value is a keystone teaching of the Church regarding its liturgy. For Father Dennis Gill, the rector and pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of Sts.

Today, I join in prayer with Christians joyfully celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost—one of the most sacred events of the Christian faith. We commemorate the fulfillment of Jesus ...

The Jewish feast of Pentecost commemorates the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses, a little-known fact that is often missed by Christians. This adds a fascinating connection to the Christian ...

The Wednesday following Pentecost traditionally begins the Summer or Pentecost Ember Days. I have written several posts on Ember Days (links at the end of this post) but never touched on the Ember ...

Pentecost Sunday invites us to consider the relationship between mysticism and mission, and spirituality and social concern. Pentecost invites us to imagine the unimaginable and to awaken to the ...

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he rides in the popemobile before celebrating Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 8, 2025, concluding the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, ...

The readings for Pentecost Sunday reflect on a very significant event in salvation history – image courtesy of Vecteezy.com. Pentecost is one of the most significant moments in Christian theology.

For many centuries the entire Church, both East and West, extended the feast of Pentecost past the Sunday that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. This meant that Pentecost ...

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 ...

Over the past century the Christian center of gravity has been shifting from the Euro-American West to the Global South, where the prevailing forms of Christianity are Pentecostal and charismatic in ...