during a confirmation class at Church of the Holy Spirit, when they were about 10 years old. “These palm branches are a symbol of new birth and everlasting life, and Palm Sunday has become an ...

Cardinal Pizzaballa's homily in front of Jesus' empty tomb. “The world has a poor, even offensive idea of peace: too many ...

For billions of Christians across the globe, Holy Week and Easter stand as the radiant core of their faith—a sacred time to ...

COLUMN. On Easter, chocolate brings together many enthusiasts. However, cocoa can also be perceived as a sacred plant, as ...

Thousands of Sikhs, including a large contingent from India, gathered at Gurdwara Janamasthan Nankana Sahib in Pakistan to celebrate Baisakhi. Pakistani leadership extended greetings, emphasizing ...

105 1295 By this anointing the confirmand receives the "mark," the seal of the Holy Spirit. A seal is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or ownership of an object. 106 Hence ...

Fasts and festivals have special significance in Hinduism. One of these is the Vat Savitri fast, which is especially observed ...

15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is a symbol ... of the Most Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 1279 The fruit of Baptism ...

They manifest the classic “fruits of the Spirit”, both in their person and in the effects of their message. It is hard to improve on St Paul’s inspired enumeration in Galatians 5.22-23: “love, joy, ...

The patience of God, he says, is like the farmer who does not cut down the failing fig tree but fertilises it again and again in the hope that it will bear fruit (see Luke 13:9). Pope Francis ...