Here is the full text of Pope Francis' homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost 2022, which was celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 5, 2022. In the final words of the Gospel we have just heard, ...

Pope Francis this afternoon celebrated Mass at the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul. Present at the Eucharistic celebration was the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, along with ...

Pope Francis gives his blessing to visitors in St. Peter's Square at the end of his general audience at the Vatican June 12, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly ...

Homilies must be prepared with the help of the Holy Spirit, be shorter than 10 minutes and put the spotlight on the Lord, not oneself, Pope Francis said. Those who preach must convey "one idea, one ...

On the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis offered advice on how to distinguish the voice of the Holy Spirit from “the voice of the spirit of evil.” Speaking from a wheelchair in front of the main ...

How the Trinity is reshaping my preaching. Like many young pastors, I spent my early years of ministry torturing audiences through endless experiments with my preaching. I had been to seminary, ...

One must be of a certain age and from a particularly rural area to appreciate how hard it once was to watch television. In the early decades of TV, there were no streaming services. If you wanted to ...

Priests "anointed" by the Holy Spirit should be authentic agents of harmony rather than "instruments of division," Pope Francis said. Celebrating the chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica April 6, the ...

St. Peter's Square was bustling on Wednesday morning despite the gray clouds trickling occasional raindrops over Vatican City. Massive television screens were placed under statues of Sts. Peter and ...