Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church

Every day, priests are spiritual fathers — praying and preaching, encouraging and listening.  Most of the time, their spiritual fatherhood goes unseen, in private conversations and personal moments.  But every now and then, we get a rare chance to see it in action. That’s what happened on Christmas Eve, when Fernando Mendoza, Indiana University’s first-ever Read More…

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Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius, Lithuania, offers Mass on the feast of St. Luke for the Synod on Synodality delegates in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 18, 2023. | Credit: Evandro Inetti/EWTN News/Vatican Pool Jan 17, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA)... [...]

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Credit: David Gyung/Shutterstock Jan 17, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). An artificial intelligence (AI) marketplace launched by a business professor at The Catholic University of America seeks to offer products and services in a venue consistent with t... [...]

December 31, 2025, marked the third anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Perhaps, therefore, now is as good a time as any to look back and reflect on his legacy. But why yet [...]

With the re-release of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, it's a good time to revisit the Christian themes that pervaded J.R.R. Tolkien's writing.

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