Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church

An aerial view of the papal palace of Castel Gandolfo near Rome. The apostolic palace is a complex of buildings served for centuries as a summer residence for the pope and overlooks Lake Albano. / Credit: Stefano Tammaro/Shutterstock Vatican Ci... [...]

null / Credit: A and I Kruk/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 5, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). As more Catholic parishes and notable Catholic figures become the targets of scammers, a new initiative has been launched to help Catholics spot a scam and avoid ... [...]

The Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in the Diocese of Pemba, Mozambique. / Credit: ACN ACI Africa, Jul 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Armed robbers attacked a girls’ home in the Diocese of Pemba in northern Mozambique run by the Merceda... [...]

Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Wukari. / Credit: Courtesy of Diocese of Wukari, Nigeria Vatican City, Jul 5, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein says displaced families and communities who daily fa... [...]

Christianity is mere personal piety if it does not penetrate into every aspect of our public life—the culture at large—and we must insist on bringing it there.

Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas has succeeded Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko as archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, the Vatican announced on July 4, 2025. The young Lithuanian cardinal is one of the figures in the Roman Curia who enjoyed a discreet but decisive closeness with Pope Francis, who is buried in the basilica of which Read More…

New archpriest of St. Mary Major has inspiring background

Leo XIV received the Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vo Thi Anh Xuan, on June 30, 2025, at the Vatican. This visit by the leader at the beginning of the pontificate demonstrates that dialogue between the Holy See and the Southeast Asian country is continuing. However, the two states do not yet Read More…

Vietnamese vice president meets Leo XIV as relations warm

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith — the “guardian of dogma” in the Catholic Church — will soon publish a document on “various Marian themes.” The dicastery’s prefect, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, made the announcement to journalists on July 3, 2025. This text will clarify the new norms for studying supernatural phenomena in Read More…

DDF preparing a document on devotion to the Virgin Mary

When the man reputed to have the highest IQ in the world speaks, people listen. That’s exactly what happened when Dr. YoungHoon Kim – officially recognized for having a record-breaking IQ of 276 – took to social media to proclaim his Christian faith. In the early hours of June 18, the 36-year-old South Korean scientist Read More…

Here’s what man with world’s highest IQ has to say about God

The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, has only been around since the 197os, but recently ordained 12 men to the priesthood — the second-biggest ordination class in the history of the diocese. On June 7, Fr. Timothy Banach, Fr. Emmanuel Carreno Garcia, Fr. Joesph Connor, Fr. Jordan Evans, Fr. John Fimmuchime, Fr. Raymond Goins, Fr. Andrew Read More…

This diocese just ordained 12 new priests!