Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful at a Pentecost prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square, Saturday, June 7, 2025 (photo: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA / EWTN) Daniel Payne/CNA Vatican June 7, 2025.

According to the account in Acts, about 3,000 people were baptized following Peter’s sermon. For this reason, Pentecost is considered the birthday of the Church — Peter, the first pope ...

For this reason, Pentecost is considered the birthday of the Church — Peter, the first pope, preaches for the first time and converts thousands of new believers.

Pope Francis at Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on May 28, 2023. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Pope Francis, who canceled all of his audiences on Friday due to a fever, presided over the Mass but ...

On Pentecost, those who experienced the Spirit’s indwelling spoke in “other tongues” (Acts 2:4). These early believers presumably didn’t understand the words they were speaking and didn ...

More than 70,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square on Saturday as Pope Leo VIX led a Pentecost Vigil prayer service, according to the Holy See. Attendees represented over 100 countries ...

Pope Leo XIV greets a child from the popemobile as he prepares to lead a Pentecost prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 7 with participants in the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements ...

On Sunday, Francis presided over the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica as expected, leading the ceremony from a chair off to the side while Brazilian Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, head of ...