Friends of the Holy Land’s Pentecost Challenge raises £110,000 to meet match funding goal

Friends of the Holy Land (FHL) have thanked their ‘generous supporters’ after the huge success of their Pentecost Challenge saw more than £110,000 donated to the cause. FHL said this means that all the funds promised by three FHL supporters to match fund this effort are also committed to support their work. The supporters have... Read More

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May 27, 2020

Pope to lead world shrines in rosary prayer for pandemic

Pope Francis will lead the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary’s intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic. The pope will pray at the replica of the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens on 30th May, the eve of Pentecost, and will also be joined by several “men and... Read More

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May 26, 2020

Gospel Choir releases song for Pentecost

Rise Within Us – The Coming of The Spirit is an uplifting song for Pentecost performed by the Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir. It’s a ‘Sung Scripture’, which uses a well-known song as a basis, and ad lib singing of the relevant scripture in the gaps. Performers are being creative in lockdown, as we’ve seen over... Read More

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February 10, 2020

Pope to celebrate Pentecost in Malta

Pope Francis will celebrate Pentecost in Malta, the Mediterranean island-nation where St Paul was shipwrecked and where thousands of migrants and refugees continue to seek welcome and shelter. The Vatican announced today, 10th February, that the pope would visit the islands of Malta and Gozo on 31st May, Pentecost. It is the first papal trip... Read More

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June 19, 2019

Holy Spirit conducts symphony of communion, pope says at audience

Like an orchestra conductor leading a symphony of different sounds and harmonies, the Holy Spirit creates a masterpiece of unity and communion that extols God’s love, Pope Francis said. In creating this harmony, the Holy Spirit “makes the Church grow by helping it go beyond human limits, sins and scandal,” the pope said today during... Read More

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November 5, 2018

New co-ordinating body for Catholic charismatic activities announced

The two international bodies that had been supporting and co-ordinating the international activities of charismatic Catholics will become one new organisation. ‘Charis’ will take over the roles previously played by the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Service and the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships, the Vatican announced. The Dicastery for Laity, the Family... Read More

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March 6, 2018

Pope adds feast of Mary, Mother of the Church to universal calendar

Pope Francis has decreed that Latin-rite Catholics around the world will mark the feast of ‘the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church’ on the Monday after Pentecost each year. The Gospel reading for the feast, which technically is called a ‘memorial’, is John 19:25-31, which recounts how from the cross Jesus entrusted Mary to... Read More

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June 5, 2017

Pentecost is celebration of unity in diversity, pope says

The Holy Spirit continues to give Christians different gifts and to call them to share those gifts with each other in a community marked by forgiveness and “unity in diversity,” Pope Francis said on Pentecost. “In a way both creative and unexpected,” the pope said, the Holy Spirit “generates diversity, for in every age he... Read More

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