Religious symbols work beyond the reach of reason and spark transformation we could not create for ourselves. Holy Week is a symbol in which to get lost and be changed.

The Holy Spirit is the breath of God in us. He breathes on his apostles and gives them the ability to forgive sins. He breathes on us, too, and we also become his representatives.

The church acknowledges three creeds: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene-Constantinople Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

Say “Holy Spirit,” and most imagine a dove or tongues of fire gently descending. But the Celts envisioned something wilder: a goose in flight—honking across the sky, untamed and impossible ...

Then, it continues with the Holy Spirit’s regular renewal (v. 8)—a continual relationship with Him, in which we hear His voice and follow His leading.

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