A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

The Holy Spirit is like a strong driving wind, because the Holy Spirit has a clear direction and wants to take everyone there with it. A wind is an unseen force that refreshes; so is the Holy Spirit.

This is confirmation season. While some of our candidates receive this great sacrament in the fall or winter, the vast ...

Then they chanted the “Veni, Sancte Spiritus” (Come Holy Spirit) as they paraded into ... political platforms and infomercials, it does seem like a very strange way to choose a leader.

The cumulative weight of the Gospels leans in the direction of empathy for and solidarity with whoever is most in need of ...

Like the would-be princess of the fairy tale, the Holy Spirit had been overlooked and ... as either vague or literally invisible (breath, wind) or fantastical or even silly (the form of a bird ...

Speaking in St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope explained that the Holy Spirit ... wind and fire,” but it is also gentle and “welcoming to all.” “From the ‘upper room’ of this basilica ...

As part of the Trinity of God, the Holy Spirit plays a vital part ... And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit plays an essential role in the ... the communion of love that is the Trinity.” Francis said like the Trinity, “married couples, too, should form a first ...