Easter brings eggs and pastels, but what’s the meaning behind the holiday — and the other springtime religious observances?

An ecclesiastical holy year is meant to have an influence, to give added meaning, to everything the Catholic Church does over ...

The Holy Ghost appeared at times under the form of a dove, and again under the form of tongues of fire; for, being a pure spirit without ... is called Whitsunday, or Pentecost.

The doctrine of the Trinity identifies the Holy Spirit as the third person in the Godhead. This teaching was established at ...

Once introduced, the Baptist predicts concerning the coming Messiah ... Before the Holy Spirit is poured out at Pentecost, he is first defined by the life and mission of the incarnate Jesus.

If you are currently procrastinating like the foolish virgins, then stop putting it off because you may very well run out of ...

The first anointing of the neophyte on coming out of the baptismal ... the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost. 1303 From this fact ...

If you wanted to convey to someone in a single image the idea that the church is glorious, holy ... us that he saw “the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and ...

The baptism of the Holy Spirit represents a foundational work of God where believers are united with Christ and fellow ...