Pentecost marks the "baptism of the Church," Pope Benedict XVI told a midday audience on the feast day, June 12, according to the Catholic Culture website.
At Pentecost, the Pope said, God gave the Church His law of love, "writing by means of the Holy Spirit, not upon tablets of stone, but in the hearts of the apostles."
From the outset, the Holy Father said, the Church was universal, because the Holy Spirit is universal.
Thus, he added, the Church "embraces the entire world, crossing frontiers of race, class, and nation, breaking down barriers and uniting mankind in the proclamation of the One and Triune God."
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