Family and community are webs of relationships in which we call forth one another's humanity. More than that, family and ...

The Rev. Duke Tufty, pastor, Unity Temple on the Plaza, Kansas City, Mo.: If God is a deity sitting on a throne, somewhere in the far off reaches of the sky and listening to everyone’s prayers I would ...

Pope Benedict XVI says Christians should avail themselves to the Holy Spirit in prayer – particularly when they cannot find the words or inspiration to pray. “St. Paul teaches us that in our prayer we ...

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While many Christians are accustomed to praying to the Father and to the Son, they are not as familiar or comfortable with praying to the Holy Spirit. The Spirit can seem very elusive, but he doesn’t ...

[Note: This is part of a series, told in first-person by local faith leaders, illuminating the rituals and traditions around dying.] This is an edited version of a conversation Liisa Ogburn had with ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin offered Mass for peace in Ukraine on Thursday in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The Vatican secretary of state said in his homily on Nov. 17 that “there is no ...

Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinenye Oluoma, has tagged those who say ‘Holy Ghost fire’ prayers against their enemies as antichrist. Oluoma said that such persons do not have the spirit of Christ ...