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

A Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev Father Chinenye Oluoma, has stated that those who say ‘holy ghost fire’ in their prayers are of the antichrists. According to him, such persons do not have the ...

So, the close-knit community of Portuguese Catholic immigrants did the only thing it could: Prayed, pleading for rain as members marched through town during the annual Holy Ghost Feast procession.

A. The effects of Confirmation are an increase of sanctifying grace, the strengthening of our faith, and the gifts of the Holy Ghost. Q. 699. {177} Which are the gifts of the Holy Ghost?

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