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

The Holy Spirit reveals himself to each of us through signs that would appear to anyone else to be nothing more than ...

WORD ALIVEOnce an archbishop was discussing Christianity with a learned Japanese writer. The writer told the archbishop, ...

A. The Holy Ghost appeared at times under the form of a dove, and again under the form of tongues of fire; for, being a pure spirit without a body, He can take any form. Q. 422. Is the Holy Ghost ...

Pastor Norman Hutchins died at home in California on Friday after a long battle with diabetes and kidney failure.

My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, ...

In the center is a glass window in colors of fire. A brilliant white dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit, stands out against it. (It is astonishing to realize that the dove has a wingspan of two ...

Today's Gospel offers us a moving insight into the prayer life of Jesus, as we hear Him pray just before His Passion and ...

The Holy Spirit He is literally the one who fills us. Called by many names, Holy Ghost/Spirit, Dove, Comforter, Intercessor, Paraclete, Presence of God, Spirit of God and Spirit of Truth, the Holy ...

We read in the Acts of the Apostles, when the day of Pentecost had come, they were together in one place. Suddenly there came ...

When Christ ascended into Heaven, He told them that He would send His Holy Spirit, and so they prayed for the coming of the Spirit. Because of the connection between the original novena and ...

In “Ghosts of a Holy War,” author Yardena Schwartz writes a historical book with a beautiful narrative. The book has two parts. First, the chronicles of David Shainberg, a 22-year-old student ...