Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church

Before every Boston Celtics home game, head coach Joe Mazzulla takes a quiet, prayerful lap around the court. In his hand is a rosary made from the old parquet floor of the Boston Garden — a tangible link between the team’s storied past and his own spiritual journey. “Every day I get to the Garden, Read More…

Boston Celtics coach on faith, family, Instagram, and Christ

On October 19, 2025, Pope Leo XIV will preside over the canonization Mass for seven saints at the Vatican. Among them is the Italian Bartolo Longo (1841-1926), founder of the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, a major center of Marian spirituality much loved by recent popes. A native of Puglia, Read More…

Bartolo Longo, future saint of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii

Ghosts are often viewed in popular culture as something mythological, a fictional being that is fun to include in fireside stories. However, the Catholic Church believes in the real existence of ghosts, and takes encounters with ghosts seriously. At the same time, it is important to sift through what people claim to experience to determine Read More…

A quick guide to know if you have seen a ghost

In a recent essay published by the Centre for Early Childhood, Catherine, Princess of Wales, reflected on what she calls the most precious yet hardest gift to give: our undivided attention. It sounds simple, even ordinary — but as the Princess points out, in a world that never stops scrolling, being truly present has become Read More…

Princess of Wales on life’s most precious (but hardest) gift

On October 16, 2025, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, chaired by French Archbishop Thibault Verny, published its second report on the state of the fight against abuse in the Catholic Church. The nearly 200-page booklet still does not provide any figures on the number of victims or of pedophile clergy. However, it Read More…

Victims’ voices at heart of report on combating Church abuse

On October 19, 2025, Pope Leo XIV will preside over the canonization Mass of seven new saints at the Vatican. Among them is the Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Mardin, Ignatius Maloyan, martyr of the Armenian genocide in 1915. His canonization is significant because it takes place a few weeks before Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Read More…

Who is Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan, Armenian martyr?

The feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque this month calls to mind the beautiful devotion she helped spread. She was blessed to receive visions and apparitions of Jesus’ Sacred Heart, and she dedicated her life to spreading the fire of true devotion to Christ. In her Autobiography, she describes one such vision: Jesus spoke of Read More…

His Sacred Heart is wounded for you: Here’s how to respond

“Peace is a demanding word. Peace must be prepared,” warned Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. He was commenting on the truce in Gaza, on the sidelines of an event he attended in Rome on October 15, 2025. Practically speaking, the cardinal called for change among the political and religious leaders of the Holy Read More…

Holy Land cardinal: Gaza won’t go suddenly from black to white

Invoking historical precedents from a different time and legal order to justify mass illegal immigration in the present stretches analogy beyond reason.

The Church will face an increasing number of bizarre marital arrangements that will seek to push long-standing ecclesial-determined boundaries.