In this month dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus, as I file away a meditation for a most ancient novena for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, I prepare for June 27, the last Friday of the ...

Here’s my best advice on becoming a friend of the Holy Spirit: Go to Confession often (at least every month, if possible) Practice kindness, most especially when you don’t feel it.

The Loretto Community traces its roots to the mid-1980s, when a businessman and permanent deacon from Salzburg, Austria, ...

Bishop Earl Fernandes announced June 26 that the diocese of Columbus will be lowering its age of confirmation to the fourth ...

Christians celebrated the Feast of Pentecost, when we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ followers when he ...

For instance, at almost exactly the time of the birth of Jesus (4-6 B.C.), some Jews became fed up with the Jewish King Herod ...

1310 To receive Confirmation one must be in a state of grace. One should receive the sacrament of Penance in order to be cleansed for the gift of the Holy Spirit.

"In a divided and troubled world, the Holy Spirit teaches us to walk together in unity," the pope said as he joined an estimated 70,000 people for an evening prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square June 7.

“Dear friends, a bishop is a witness to hope by his example of a life firmly grounded in God and completely devoted to the ...

Priests are called to be embraced and shaped by God's boundless love, and to realize that there is no place for division and ...

A Homily for Pentecost Sunday Readings: Acts 2:1-11 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 The Holy Spirit has no face, but he does have a gaze. We can warm to, and benefit from, images of Christ.

Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr. ordained nine new permanent deacons for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...