God draws us through the gospel; salvation begins a life of holiness, spiritual warfare, and full devotion to Christ, not ...

Nothing good in life is easy. Good things come with great effort. This is true of many things, including prayer.

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

In today's Making Disciples Letter, Al Stanford describes the steps to accepting Jesus' grace and being saved.

Growing up, I was the youngest of five siblings—three boys, two girls. My brother, Kenny, five years my senior, was an ...

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.

Thus the Spirit’s role should be understood in a much more elastic sense, not that he dictates the candidate for whom one must vote.

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Find today’s readings here. “Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” (Corinthians 3:15 - 4:1, 3-6) One of my first assignments working in Catholic ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as they saw the white smoke pouring from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel.

The owner of the former Holy Spirit Church has proposed 80 apartments and office space as opposed to six single-family homes already approved.