On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.

Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost. The oldest of our festivals, just the ...

In the lead-up to Pentecost weekend, 6 to 8 June, churches throughout the UK are preparing for a 36-hour, round-the-clock ...

The life of prayer is a process that has great advances and setbacks. There is no monotony when it comes to spending time ...

“Listen, I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot, I’ll fight it as long as I’ve got a fist, I’ll butt it as ...

Next week, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season ...

ON May 31, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Saint Elizabeth and last day of the month ...

The Church prays for the dead, and this prayer says much ... and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen. Then one member of the family reads: My brothers and sisters, Jesus says: "Come to me, all you who ...

Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Blessed be the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Blessed be St. Jude Thaddeus, in all the world ...

The family should ask that holy Communion be brought to the dying. This is Viaticum, food for the journey. Members of the local Church may wish to join the family in a vigil of prayer. After the ...

To celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is, first and foremost, to celebrate Jesus Christ, the eternal ...

Jesus' ascension into heaven is depicted in a fresco in the cloister of the Dominican friars' convent next to the Basilica of ...