Pope Benedict XVI says Christians should avail themselves to the Holy Spirit in prayer – particularly when they cannot find the words or inspiration to pray. “St. Paul teaches us that in our prayer we ...

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 ...

Light shines through the Holy Spirit window in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this file photo. (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec) The church is slowly reviving a treasure of the past, the Pentecost ...

In our efforts to respond to the call of prayer, we are greatly assisted by the Church’s spiritual treasury. Within such a vast collection of spiritual wisdom and resources, the Church offers us her ...

In an interview published this week by the Spanish Catholic magazine Ecclesia, Cardinal Alberto Vanhoye, S.J., the former Rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome and Secretary Emeritus of ...

The Holy Spirit gives Christians the courage and the strength needed to engage in a loving dialogue with God that is like the dialogue of a child with his or her father, Pope Francis said. "Do not ...

Without breath, we cannot live. When we are born, the first thing the doctor does is to make sure there is breath coming out of us. Breath and a heartbeat represent life. That said, when we breathe, ...

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. ...

Singing three numbers, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli was the event’s featured singer and offered comments to the attendees at the event, being held for the first time in the U.S. Capitol building’s ...