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

The papal conclave...is a sacred event grounded in the belief the Holy Spirit guides the cardinals in choosing the next pope” ON MAY 7, 133 cardinal ...

So we invoke the Holy Spirit to come down with his gifts upon the cardinals — especially the gifts of wisdom, prudence, courage and fear of the Lord — and also to give them the actual graces ...

Brazilian Cardinal Leonardo Steiner told America that Pope Leo would carry forward Pope Francis' legacy of synodality in the ...

There may be a day when Joseph “JoJo” Kitonsa argues an important case as a lawyer and reflects on what took place Saturday.

The day before you begin the Ten-Day Devotion, which is the eve of the glorious Ascension of our divine Redeemer, you must prepare yourself by making a firm resolution to live an interior life and ...

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 cardinals, who come from five continents and more than ... He led the cardinals in chanting the Latin invocation of the Holy Spirit: “Veni, Creator Spiritus”. Cardinal Parolin is ...

The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the ...

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

At the hour of the opening of the conclave, the evening of May 7, sisters joined together in chant: "Veni, Sancte Spiritus" — Come, Holy Spirit. In the coming days and weeks, Global Sisters ...

The disciples said to Jesus, “Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech. Now we realize that you know ...