In the Fourth Gospel, on the other hand, the teaching, though drawn against the background ... the Holy Spirit after Pentecost receives its definitive treatment in the New Testament. No serious ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

Other times it is in the background. A friend used a gazing ball in her yard as an image of the Holy Spirit. No less accurate, I thought, than an image of a bearded old man for the first person of ...

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

It is remarkable to consider how the Holy Spirit guided and enlightened the College of Cardinals in choosing Cardinal Robert ...

Cardinal Cupich repeated the Eastern approach, saying that it is “an ancient reality” in the Catholic Church that should trouble no one ... do we trust in the Holy Spirit?” ...

Despite the apparent hegemony of birds and flames, a wide range of metaphors have been used for the Holy Spirit over the Christian centuries. Since there is no doctrinal claim about how exactly ...

Traditionally, the Church prays the novena to the Holy Spirit in the days before Pentecost. The name of the day itself is derived from the Greek word “pentecoste,” meaning 50th. There is a ...

Pope Francis during his general audience at St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday said all evangelizing activity depends on the Holy Spirit and ... communications background in the humanitarian ...