Holy Spirit Day 2025 is observed on Monday, June 9. This major celebration in the Orthodox Church honors the Holy Spirit, the ...

St. Peter answered: "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

I’ve been writing about the themes in St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” We have reached the point where St. John ...

European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within ...

More than 7,000 people were baptized Saturday in the waters off Huntington Beach, Calif., in what organizers called the ...