Growing up, I was the youngest of five siblings—three boys, two girls. My brother, Kenny, five years my senior, was an ...

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Faith! This is how the Christian life begins, and it is by faith that we continually live our journey in Christ. We’ve seen in the book of Galatians how the ...

On the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis said that Christians are called to proclaim the Gospel to everyone with gentleness and the power of the Holy Spirit. Speaking in St. Peter’s Basilica ...

The Rev Skip Heitzig, senior pastor of Calvary Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, delivered a passionate call for ...

The Holy Spirit is never far off but is in the world, actively working to reconcile us to one another through Jesus Christ. In John 14:16–17, Jesus promises to send the Spirit as an advocate to ...

We can experience the Holy Spirit by becoming attuned to the Spirit's movement in our experiences, says Fr. Daniel P. Horan. We just might find that she defies our preconceived notions of God.

A bird or a flame. Traditionally, these are the most common images used as metaphors for the Holy Spirit. The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by ...

With a powerful call to restore the centrality of the Holy Spirit in missionary work, Paulo Feniman, president of COMIBAM, opened the inaugural ceremony of the Ibero-American Missionary Congress ...

He was not elected by power blocs, but chosen by the Holy Spirit – breathing through the wounds of the world, through the longing for justice and the aching desire for unity.