While many Christians are accustomed to praying to the Father and to the Son, they are not as familiar or comfortable with praying to the Holy Spirit. The Spirit can seem very elusive, but he doesn’t ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis encouraged Christians to call on the Holy Spirit more often when facing difficulties, exhaustion, or discouragement in daily life during his general audience on Wednesday. ...

So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him. (Acts 8:29-31) Find today’s readings here. People I know often toss around the Holy Spirit a bit too freely. “That was the Holy Spirit,” after a ...

When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that ...

The effectiveness of our theological instruction depends ultimately on the presence and activity of the Holy Spirit. I have been a professor in the theology department at Whitworth University for the ...

Freedom is found in the Holy Spirit who provides the strength to fulfill God's will, Pope Francis said in his Monday morning Mass homily. "Prayer is what opens the door to the Holy Spirit and gives us ...

The memorial at the site continues to grow as people from area churches feel compelled to share their faith and help the city ...

Twenty-five years ago, I had a prayer experience that I return to annually at Advent. At the time, I was a novice Catholic ...

Pentecost, also called Whitsunday, is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter. The Christian holy day commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus ...

Here are some of the impressions most of us held about the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s: overcast skies and long lines of freezing Russians waiting in line for meagre rations of food. To add to ...