This is a homily exploring what the church imagines on Pentecost Sunday. The names for the Spirit from "Veni Sancte Spiritus" should be read with good pauses between. Pentecost is the last of the ...

“Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest, and in our souls take up Thy rest” is the joyous hymn on the feast of Pentecost just celebrated. The Holy Spirit is the most enigmatic Person of the Trinity, but Fr.

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

Pope Francis greets a woman during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 10, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, ...

To write of the Holy Spirit is to write of God, as the ecumenical creeds affirm; to write of his works is to write of the action of God through all of human history (he “convicts the world of sin, ...

The retreat team assembled for their evening of discernment. The time had come to decide their roles for the women's retreat they would present in the spring. For weeks they had gathered to share ...