In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased within a soul: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Fresco of Pentecost in Church of ...

Archbishop Bernard Hebda said that Catholics must remember that God has a plan for them and the Catholic Church. This plan is implemented, he said, through the distribution of gifts by the Holy Spirit ...

What inspired you to write about confirmation? I am passionate about teaching the faith. I don’t want kids whisked through the sacrament. The gift of the Holy Spirit becomes more meaningful at ...

Confirmation is for the baptized person, and it is administered with the anointing of oil, the laying on of hands, and the words, “Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit” (CCC, 1300).

Referring to how candidates for confirmation are told to "receive the seal of the Holy Spirit given to you as a gift," Pope Francis said May 30 that the Holy Spirit "is the invisible gift bestowed ...

Pope Francis asked Catholics to recognize and be thankful for the undeserved gift of the Holy Spirit they received with the sacrament of confirmation. "It is a gift to be cherished with care" and ...

Pentecost is the third great festival in the Christian church year. Pentecost is the spreading of the “good news” of the ...

On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.

Holy Spirit Parish recently celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Mary’s ... were sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and were anointed with Sacred Chrism. Shown are those ...

As Christians around the world celebrated Pentecost Sunday, the Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has urged Nigerians to reject divisive tendencies rooted in religion, ethnicity, and ...