Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church

Vice President JD Vance (R) second lady Usha Vance (C) and Erika Kirk deplane Air Force Two while escorting the body of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 11, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. / Credit: Kirk, Eric Thayer/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Sep 13, 2025 / 10... [...]

Kendrick Castillo, who died in a school shooting in 2019 and whose cause for canonization has been opened in the Diocese of Colorado Springs. / Credit: Photo courtesy of John and Maria Castillo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 13, 2025 / 10:00 am... [...]

Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. / Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 13, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 at a Utah college campus, K... [...]

Appointed in December 2024 by Donald Trump to represent the United States at the Vatican, Ambassador Brian Burch was received by Pope Leo XIV on September 13, 2025. This Catholic father-of-nine from Chicago, the Pontiff’s hometown, presented the Holy Father with his credentials, as is the protocol for new ambassadors. Read about Burch here:

Pope meets with US ambassador to Holy See

I have never been a fan of the well-intentioned saying, “Everything happens for a reason ….”  Every time I hear it, I cringe and quickly replace it with Romans 8:28: “And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to his purpose.” This triumphant verse is Read More…

Minnesota school shooting heroes: a reminder to hope

The late Cardinal Estanislao Karlic. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of Paraná ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 13, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Paraná in Argentina has published the spiritual testament of Cardinal Estanislao Karlic one mon... [...]

When a holy person dies and is later canonized a saint, the Church has a custom of distributing relics so as to promote veneration of that individual. Relics are material items that are connected to a saint and are sorted into three “classes.” A first-class relic is all or part of the physical remains of Read More…

Holy beard! St. Maximilian Kolbe’s only 1st-class relic

A well-ordered society requires the presence of three essential relationships: man's connection to the world, to one another, and to God.

The string of recent killings, from Annunciation Church to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, are not unrelated.

There is a lot of evidence that Charlie Kirk was leading his family towards the Catholic Church; not least of all, his public call to venerate the Mother of God.