St. John Episcopal Church is celebrating its bicentennial, a festivity which will culminate in May with a Pentecost Sunday celebration.

Pope Leo XIV offered the Holy Mass today at the Laudato Si’ Village at Castel Gandolfo, where he has resumed the custom of spending a few weeks at the papal summer residence. The Holy Father used a ...

FILE- Catholic pilgrims fill the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. Director Óliver Laxe on ...

FILE- Catholic pilgrims fill the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. Zelensky claims Trump diverted 20,000 ...

Following the centuries-old tradition, some of the faithful stopped first at the Franciscan cathedral to pray before walking up to the Șumuleu Hill to the open-air altar where the mass was held.

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 ...

From its very beginnings, Christianity has represented itself in a diversity of characters and movements that constitutes its unity. This diversity arises from the very essence of Christianity. The ...

Before Jesus ascended, the gathered disciples asked Jesus if he was about to establish his Kingdom. His response? The ultimate fulfillment would come at an unknown time in the future. In the meantime, ...

Light shines through the Holy Spirit window in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this file photo. (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec) The church is slowly reviving a treasure of the past, the Pentecost ...

(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 ...