New book is a guide to the Holy Spirit, and how to make the "Christian Walk" fuller and more meaningful BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A longtime priest has authored a book he hopes ...

Holy Spirit Monday is celebrated every year to remember the beginning of the Christian church and the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles of Christ in the form of flames. Holy Spirit Monday, ...

ROME — As the cardinals walk into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening to open the papal conclave, they’ll chant the plaintive prayer that their forebears have sung for centuries: Veni Creator ...

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. “Let us learn ...

In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased within a soul: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Fresco of Pentecost in Church of ...

Joy is a grace and a gift of the Holy Spirit, not just positive emotions or feeling cheerful, Pope Francis said at Mass at the Vatican Thursday. Joy "is not the consequence of emotions that burst for ...