Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church

Whether or not Virginia is for lovers, it’s a state that’s easy to love. Site of the first English settlement in the Americas—at Jamestown—and the breathtaking Appalachian mountains, Virginia is a beautiful place to spend time. The first Catholic missionaries arrived there in the 1570s. These Spanish Jesuit priests’ mission ended quickly in a massacre Read More…

As Bishop Erik Varden preaches this year’s Lenten retreat to Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia, he has turned repeatedly to the searching wisdom of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Across several meditations — on idealism, freedom, truth, and even ecclesial failure — one thread stands out: conversion is concrete. It reshapes how we think, Read More…

On February 21, the Vatican announced that Pope Leo XIV is declaring Servant of God Fr. Theopane (born Michael Koodalloor) “venerable.” This means that the Vatican has reviewed his life and has confirmed that Fr. Theopane led a life of heroic virtue. It is the next step in his cause of canonization. Once two miracles Read More…

Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim was elected president of the German Bishops’ Conference at the assembly in Würzburg on February 24, 2026. His predecessor, Bishop Georg Bätzing, had been in office since 2020 and was one of the main architects of the “German Synodal Path.” The 64-year-old bishop is originally from Lower Saxony, on the Read More…

Since February 22, Pope Leo XIV has been participating in the traditional Lenten retreat at the Vatican with the main leaders of the Curia. It’s a time of silence, meditation, and introspection during which the Pope withdraws from public and media life. On Tuesday, February 24, however, Piazza San Pietro, the monthly magazine of St. Read More…

Eighteen Catholic bishops issued a strong call for reforms to immigration policy on February 24, hours before President Trump’s first State of the Union address of his second term. These bishops primarily represent border dioceses across the U.S. Southwest and California. Their statement included a kind of “wish list” of specific immigration policy changes that Read More…