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

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. — Acts 2:4 ...

The cumulative weight of the Gospels leans in the direction of empathy for and solidarity with whoever is most in need of ...

I cannot remember ever hearing the Holy Spirit being mentioned on news reports to the degree it was done last week.

My friends, we are soon entering my favorite season of the liturgical calendar: Pentecost! Oh, I know that probably doesn’t sound very Lutheran of me. After all, as a protestant denomination, we are ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin ... of the Holy Spirit as they sing the Veni Creator Spiritus (“Come Holy Spirit, Creator ...

Coming up in less than a month is Pentecost Sunday. June 8, to be exact. This is the day when some in the Christian community celebrate the coming of the ...

The Holy Spirit does not come only as tongues of fire while the ... before or after the conclave that begins on May 7. The work of the Spirit includes everything, even things that seem worldly.

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

The Rosary of the Virgin Mary ... remains … a prayer of great significance, destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness,’ ...