A bird or a flame. Traditionally, these are the most common images used as metaphors for the Holy Spirit. The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by ...

The Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Metaphysically speaking, the Holy Spirit is the expression of God. We use our good works daily to express God’s good.

In the King James Version, the Holy Spirit is called the Holy Ghost. Zachariah 4, “So he said to me, ‘This is the Word of The Lord to Zerubbabel, not by might nor by power but by My Spirit ...

The Holy Spirit is in charge of the synodal process, but the question is whether we are willing to be led, or have to be driven and pushed into the process, says Fr. Daniel Horan.

Fortunately, the Holy Spirit is not constrained in the same ways we are. Sacraments connect us to God’s grace in concrete and visible ways, but they are not the only vehicles for grace.

Msgr. Roger Landry turned to 1997, when then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was asked on Bavarian television whether or not the Holy Spirit chooses the pope, and he answered: “I would not say so, in ...

Before the cardinals entered the conclave to select the next pope, they first celebrated a special Mass. Then they chanted the “Veni, Sancte Spiritus” (Come Holy Spirit) as they paraded into ...

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