At Pentecost, the Old Testament spring harvest festival characterized by offerings to God in the direction of the four winds, the Church is overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit coming in wind and fire. The ...

But there is an equally venerable tradition that the Church begins here, at the foot of the Cross. When Jesus commends his mother Mary, and his beloved disciple John, to one another’s care – behold ...

The personal notes of JPII published by former secretary Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, which the pontiff asked to be burned, reveal the depth of the Blessed's keen knowledge of the mystery of the ...