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

So we invoke the Holy Spirit to come down with his gifts upon the cardinals ... The cardinals have been focused on prayer in the days leading up to the conclave — and invited the rest ...

The Holy Father urged the faithful to carry God’s love ‘everywhere,’ entrusting this mission to the intercession of the ...

The Holy Spirit does not come only as tongues of fire while the Litany of the Saints is chanted. The Holy Spirit is not confined to the Sistine Chapel. The Spirit of God is actively at work in the ...

The day before you begin the Ten-Day Devotion, which is the eve of the glorious Ascension of our divine Redeemer, you must prepare yourself by making a firm resolution to live an interior life and ...

Later, the cardinals gathered in the Pauline Chapel inside the Vatican for prayer and reflection ... chapel singing Veni Creator Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit) 4.45pm – Oath of secrecy to ...

Come, Holy Spirit, come. Come, Lord and take over my life you are true love, love divine. Flowing and glowing, brightness in my darkness, power in my weakness, peace in my troubled life. What beauty ...

"Bless this land with a spirit of cooperation, dignity for each individual, and love of God," said Elder Rasband in Abidjan ...

The Spirit of justice or judgment (Isaiah 28:6) - The Spirit of fire or burning (Isaiah 4:4) - The Spirit of glory (1 Peter 4:14) Many of the “Spirit of” names come from Isaiah ... in Living By the ...

If the Roman pontiff is not chosen in three days, the cardinals may pause for prayers and informal ... the Sistine Chapel singing the hymn “Come Holy Spirit,” after which they will vow to ...

This year on the National Day of Prayer on Thursday ... It is a unity of the Spirit, not in doctrine or church government. The church has come a long way since the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, ...