COMMENTARY: The Holy Spirit’s role in our lives, whether we are at the Synod on Synodality, at home or at work, is to remind us of our mission, which is to conform ourselves to Christ. Pope Francis ...

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 ...

Those in Latin America who argue the need for widespread social changes used to regard the Roman Catholic Church as an enemy or a neutral —certainly not as an ally. But in several Latin American ...

This will be the fifth, and last, of my columns in this short series on the Holy Spirit. Admittedly, there is still so much that can and ought to be said about the need for a more robust pneumatology ...

In this Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 photo, Rev. Mark Stelzer, administrator of St. Jerome’s Parish, in Holyoke, Mass., opens doors to the Catholic church before offering Mass. (Credit: AP Photo/Steven ...

AMERICA has thousands of obscure pastors of congregations in predominantly rural communities, the “little brothers” of the Protestant Church, who seldom come to notice or rise to positions of eminence ...

Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 23, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The church resolves conflicts and discerns ...

The Catholic charismatic renewal, one part of the worldwide, trans-denominational movement that changed the face of Christianity in the last half-century, is quietly going about its business in Tulsa.

The essential nature of the Church eludes precise definition. If formulated from a particular perspective, any definition of the Church can miss what makes the Church a living reality. When it is ...