As the Upper Room where the Holy Spirit came as tongues of fire on the Apostles, it is the birth-place of the Church. But the site is the subject of political controversy since it also considered ...

In his homily, the Holy Father focused on the significance of the site where the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus’ apostles. Pope Francis incenses the altar during Mass in the Upper Room on May 26 ...

The Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us once again as in a temple (1 Corinthians 3:16). Secondly, there are Tongues of Fire: “Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came ...

Pentecost marks the ‘miraculous mayhem’ of the Holy Spirit’s descent. By Ann Rennie. May 19 ... the apostles were gathered in an upper room in Jerusalem. They were bereft at the loss of ...