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 ...

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

Pentecost, which is celebrated on May 19, is a major religious observance for Roman Catholics, Lutherans, the Anglican Communion and other Christian faiths. This week’s clergy discuss the origin, ...

Pentecost Sunday is a special day on the Christian liturgical calendar that marks the anniversary of when the Holy Spirit descended upon the early church, as documented in Acts 2:1-13. The Christian ...

The Catholic feast of Pentecost actually has strong Jewish roots; religious obligations found in both Leviticus and Deuteronomy. This original Pentecost is an Old Testament agricultural feast where ...

Pentecost is the day that the Holy Spirit came in a very special, dramatic, and forceful manner to give birth to the Christian Church. Sunday, May 20, is Pentecost Sunday. It all began after Jesus’ ...

Pentecost depiction of Bible with dove as the Holy Spirit Pentecost is a celebration that some Christians observe each year. While it always takes place after Easter, the fluctuation of the date ...

"How manifold are your works, O Lord! The earth is full of your creatures!" This is our Pentecost song. As we pray Psalm 104, we celebrate all of creation as a revelation of God's very being. In ...

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 ...