The so-called “charismatic gifts”—prophecy, spiritual healing and glossolalia, or speaking in tongues—have long been characteristic of the zealous, fundamentalist Pentecostal sects. Increasingly, ...

When Alvaro Soares moved to the Boston area from Brazil in 1999, he found himself invited to a “Life in the Spirit” seminar at a local Catholic church — a meeting for prayer, worship, and discussion ...

Pope Francis attends a meeting with the faithful at Rome’s Olympic Stadium on June 1, 2014. Pope Francis led a pep rally at Rome’s soccer stadium, packed with more than 50,000 Catholics who follow ...

Meeting with members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for the first time since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the movement's spiritual foundations and encourages its ...

COVINGTON, Ky. -- Fifty years ago in February, a group of Roman Catholic students at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh prayed to experience the gifts of God's Holy Spirit they had read about in the ...

It is an oddity of contemporary Christianity, at least in the West, that the churches that emphasize the sacraments generally do not emphasize spiritual gifts, and vice versa. This Sunday, thousands ...

Sacred dance has taken off in recent years but its roots go back to the 1960s -- some say to the earliest days of Christianity -- and its growth parallels changes in society. Theology professor Kerry ...

Churches pour enormous resources into creating meaningful worship experiences. But what if those experiences don’t carry the meaning we intend? Pastor and theologian David Fitch believes a worship ...

One of the major findings of Pew Research’s 2006 survey of Hispanics and religion was the strong influence of Pentecostalism and other spirit-filled forms of Christianity. These lively, highly ...

For a glimpse into the future of the Roman Catholic Church in America, peek inside St. Benedict's in Queens on a Sunday after the Matsons, Mays and Cassidys have all gone home and Joan Overton has ...