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- Dave Hrbacek
Diana and Chris Smith of St. Joseph in West St. Paul were hanging out on a Sunday in early March when she had an inspired thought.
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The National Eucharistic Revival is formally slated to end June 22, this year's feast of Corpus Christi. But, the three-year initiative -- which included last year's 10th National Eucharistic Congress and the 2024 and 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimages -- laid the groundwork for more efforts to come, its leaders say.
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The National Eucharistic Revival is formally slated to end June 22, this year's feast of Corpus Christi. But, the three-year initiative -- which included last year's 10th National Eucharistic Congress and the 2024 and 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimages -- laid the groundwork for more efforts to come, its leaders say.
- Dave Hrbacek
Diana and Chris Smith of St. Joseph in West St. Paul were hanging out on a Sunday in early March when she had an inspired thought.
- OSV News
In what started out as a cloudy afternoon, the then bright and sunny stadium of Pope Leo XIV's favorite baseball team, Chicago's faithful cheered on one of their own's election to the papacy. The June 14 celebration, organized by the Archdiocese of Chicago, included a series of short video clips and first-ever airing of Pope Leo XIV's video message to the world's youth at Rate Field on Chicago's Southside.
- Joe Ruff
Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who once taught Sunday school at St. Timothy in Blaine and was a speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their home early June 14 in what Gov. Tim Walz said “appears to be a politically-motivated assassination.”
- The Catholic Spirit
As the gavel fell on another contentious legislative session, Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) is grateful to report that faithful, principled advocacy continues to make a real impact in shaping public policy at the Minnesota State Capitol.
- Josh McGovern
During the 2025 Archdiocesan Synod: Be My Witnesses Assembly on June 7, some 450 delegates from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis gathered in the Joe Mauer Fieldhouse at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul. Assembly members gathered, discussed in small and large groups and voted on propositions they felt were the most important for the archdiocese in the coming years.
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Hours after June 12 overnight strikes by Israel on nuclear and military sites in Iran -- described by Israel as "preemptive" and sparking fears of a wider regional conflict amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war -- OSV News spoke with Jesuit Father John Paul, rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, located on a 40-acre hilltop campus between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
- Josh McGovern
Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) and Maggee Hangge, policy associate at MCC, invited The Catholic Spirit into the conference’s offices in St. Paul to talk about Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session, which concluded in May and was followed by a special session June 10. The conference is the public policy arm of Minnesota’s Catholic bishops, which includes Archbishop Bernard Hebda and Bishops Michael Izen and Kevin Kenney of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. This interview has been edited for length.
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With plans underway for the canonization of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández Oct. 19, as announced by the Vatican, a 16-year-old artist has created the world's tallest sculpture of the future saint.
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Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced.
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Amid ongoing unrest in Los Angeles over immigration raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "we bring our cares and anxieties to Jesus today, and to his Mother, Our Lady of the Angels," Archbishop Jose´ H. Gomez said June 11.
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- The Catholic Spirit
With respect to Lin Manuel Miranda — and bearing in mind that a title cannot be copywritten — what or where is “the room where it happened” for you? The first reading and the Gospel for Pentecost (Acts 2:2; Jn 20:19) describe the descent of the Holy Spirit and its gifts upon our ancestors when they are gathered in a room.
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- The Catholic Spirit
As the gavel fell on another contentious legislative session, Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) is grateful to report that faithful, principled advocacy continues to make a real impact in shaping public policy at the Minnesota State Capitol.
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