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In Judaic and Christian usage, pneuma is a common word for “spirit” in the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament.

I have a priest who ALWAYS says, “She” when referring to the Holy Ghost - Novus Ordo, English speaking version of the Mass - [his reason for this is, in the Greek language, “pneuma” is supposedly gender-neutral]...

At John 3:5, for example, pneuma is the Greek word translated into English as “spirit”: “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit (pneuma), he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”

He once told me the GIRM was ‘just a guideline’.

He also said the RC CCC did NOT inherently contain the teachings of the Magisterium, [strongly disagree] rather, it had lesser importance to the Faithful because Our Fathers/Doctors of the Church [widely quoted in CCC] had since been outdated, and he also expressed doubts about Divine Inspiration regarding its authors.

He is a good man, and a holy priest, he just entered the seminary during the wrong era...

heterosupremacist wrote: In Judaic and Christian usage, pneuma is a common word for “spirit” in the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament. I have a priest who ALWAYS says, “She” when referring to the Holy Ghost - Novus Ordo, English speaking version of the Mass - [his reason for this is, in the Greek language, “pneuma” is supposedly gender-neutral]... At John 3:5, for example, pneuma is the Greek word translated into English as “spirit”: “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit (pneuma), he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” He once told me the GIRM was ‘just a guideline’. He also said the RC CCC did NOT inherently contain the teachings of the Magisterium, [strongly disagree] rather, it had lesser importance to the Faithful because Our Fathers/Doctors of the Church [widely quoted in CCC] had since been outdated, and he also expressed doubts about Divine Inspiration regarding its authors. He is a good man, and a holy priest, he just entered the seminary during the wrong era... I personally believe that a priest should 'stick to the script', and not try to jazz it up according to his preferences.

I would ask your priest how Our Lord Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary and why did Christ always refer to the Paraclete as a male.