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This year's dove bearer is 17-year old Elena Gonatos. She comes from a family of dove bearers and a cross retriever.

We need a new Pentecost in our present day and time. We need the Holy Spirit in our lives to guide, to heal, to comfort, and to counsel us. May we be liberated from our fears, ignorance, pride, and ...

Pope Leo noted that 'where there is the Spirit, there is movement, a journey to be made.' The Holy Spirit, he said, 'teaches us to walk together in unity.' ...

But if we, like those seminarians, have difficulty recognizing the presence of the Holy Spirit, who blows where it wishes (Jn 3:8), perhaps it’s a call to live more freely: free from self ...

2025 QLD NRL Schoolgirls Cup live stream: Holy Spirit College v St Margaret Mary’s College, Round 1 Ignatius Park College maintained its perfect start to the Payne Cup on Thursday, heaping ...

Pope Leo XIV On Pentecost Sunday: The Holy Spirit Inspires Us to ‘Break Down Walls’ The Pope prayed to God for his gift of unity and fraternity in the world.

Leo noted that “where there is the Spirit, there is movement, a journey to be made.” The Holy Spirit, he said, “teaches us to walk together in unity.” “We are a people on the move.