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No one has the monopoly of the Holy Spirit, or so we are told. But I could not, for the life of me, believe what I heard Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa declare at the Senate last Tuesday: that he “was ...

We need a new Pentecost in our present day and time. We need the Holy Spirit in our lives to guide, to heal, to comfort, and to counsel us. May we be liberated from our fears, ignorance, pride, and ...

The Holy Spirit has no face, but he does have a gaze. We can warm to, and benefit from, images of Christ. But remember, these are all creations of the imagination, whether they come from ...

The occasion is Holy Spirit, the third in a triptych of fundraisers dubbed “Mother, Daughter, Holy Spirit” for the Trans Justice Funding Project, which raises and distributes money to trans ...

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

Students from Holy Spirit High School celebrated their prom Thursday night at the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City. Dressed to impress, the prom-goers enjoyed the evening as they socialized, posed for ...

Fr. Ritz Darwin Resuello, Adjutant Juridical Vicar of the Diocese of Malolos, said the election of the next pope is a “spiritual event,” not a “democratic exercise” or “popularity contest.” “Let us ...

When Doug Simpson was named the head softball coach at Holy Spirit, the first thing senior Savannah Osborn did is what any typical teenager would have done: Google him. “I pulled up his wedding ...

Charisms are one of the ways in which the Holy Spirit builds up the Church, renews her, and brings her back to the fresh waters of the interior life.

A priest is asking for prayers for a man who assaulted him earlier this week during a Washington church service.

The owner of the former Holy Spirit Church has presented an updated redevelopment plan that would preserve the 114-year-old gothic structure.