Pope Leo XIV poses for a selfie as he meets May 16, 2026, with young Catholics from the Italian Archdiocese of Genoa at the Vatican who are preparing to receive the sacrament of confirmation. OSV News ...

Reverend Marcel Okwara, incardinated into the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Father Okwara was ordained in 2007 as a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and has ministered ...

A boy poses for a photo while holding a smartphone in front of a screen displaying characters of a U.S. children’s video game featured on Roblox, an online gaming platform, in this Dec. 8, 2025, ...

We are quickly approaching the time of parish fall festivals! I love the fall festivals, especially when they are at someone else’s parish. I have a few favorite memories from my parishes’ fall ...

Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), was elected president of the National Association of State Catholic Conference Directors (NASCCD) July ...

From left, Joseph, Benedict, Charlotte, Carolyn and Laura Peichel listen during Mass at St. Boniface in Minneapolis July 11, joined by Laura Peichel’s mother, Carol Torborg, right. Torborg is still a ...

The Catholic Spirit is honored to highlight members of men’s and women’s religious communities who are celebrating milestone jubilees of 10, 25, 50, 60, 70, 75, 80 and 80-plus years this year, and who ...

Descendants of the Carrolls of Maryland join for a photo after a Franco-American Friendship Mass Oct. 15, 2017, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Saint-Omer, France. From left are: Denis de Kergorlay, ...

In light of Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of June — for the values of sports — Auxiliary Bishop Michael Izen recently reflected on how athletics can foster virtue, discipline and ...

The journey to open Trinity Woods Catholic Retreat Center in Trego, Wisconsin, started six years ago in Tim and Helen Healy’s basement with Bishop Andrew Cozzens and a group of people trying to solve ...

As the ninth of 13 kids, Angie Johnson never could have foreseen that she would one day take over for her mother, Mary Ann Kuharski, as president of Prolife Across America. But looking back, the ...

Like many priests this time of the year, I am currently settling into a new parish. The Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, my new assignment, is very different than Nativity of Our Lord in St. Paul, ...