When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

To the pastor of one New York City church, who gave a double thumbs up after Thursday evening’s Mass, it seemed the Holy ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

Texas Catholic leaders react as the first American Pope, Pope Leo XIV, is selected to lead the 1.4 billion Catholics in the ...

Come, Holy Spirit. The process of selecting a pope is fully a blend of the political and the spiritual, theologians and cardinals say, an effort to take all the humanness and experiences of the ...

The role of the cardinal electors is to “discover" who among them is chosen to be the next head of the Catholic Church, a ...

Cardinal electors should not think the conclave is for them but to discover who among them will be chosen as the next head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, according to Msgr. Rolando dela Cruz, ...

That discernment "is the process of the conclave," he said. "And that's very much where the prayer and the influence of the ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Before the cardinals meet in the Sistine Chapel for the Conclave, there will be a special mass where they ask the holy spirit to guide their decision. Other Catholic churches ...

I need the reminder to rest. To pause and remember that praying “Come, Holy Spirit” begins by stopping to draw breath, in order to ask God to breathe the Spirit into the church and the world.