“That wasn’t so inaccurate,” Archbishop Hebda told “Practicing Catholic” co-hosts Leah Heselton and Father Tom Margevicius for an episode that debuts July 31 on Relevant Radio 1330 AM. “But you work ...

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 ...

The Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis is inviting people through Aug. 9 to sign a poster-card for Bishop Kevin Kenney as he prepares to begin treatment for lung cancer. The card can be signed in the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A community of Carmelite nuns and a community of Carmelite hermits, both in Lake Elmo, have undertaken new construction projects in recent years. The decision to proceed with a renovation project at ...

Water. Water is the primary symbol of baptism. John the Baptist used water (Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8a; Jn 1:33; 3:23), as did Jesus (Jn 3:22). Jesus is living water (Jn 4:10), and when Jesus died, the water ...

At the very northern tip of Minnesota, tucked in the woods on a remote island, sits an unassuming log chapel. Its story is almost as old as the story of the Catholic faith in Minnesota. It is the ...

One of the greatest blessings and least known facts about the Eucharist is that, in the reception of holy Communion, a person’s venial sins are forgiven. The Eucharist is one of four sacraments that ...

Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, greets U.S. Cardinal J. Francis Stafford during a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in this ...