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Parents affected by 2025 Annunciation school shooting gather to pray, reflect before new school year

by Josh McGovern / The Catholic Spirit

EDINA, Minn. — Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church was packed during Mass Aug. 19 ahead of “An Evening with Annunciation Parents: Faith, Hope and Resilience,” an event held …

Catholic education is ‘an act of hope’ that proclaims Christ’s love, says Bishop Fernandes
Bishop: Rupnik mosaics at Lourdes to be covered before pope’s visit and remain masked indefinitely
Pope Leo meets Lebanese president; Vatican concerned over border deal implementation
AI must serve common good, not dominate humanity, pope tells lawmakers
At Houston Mass, candlelight vigil, faithful honor slain immigrant, grieve and call for justice

U.S. Church

Come to the Water: Eucharist boat procession along the Bayou Teche celebrates faith, history

by Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

The single-day, 40-mile procession on water honored both the 250th anniversary of American Independence and the 261st anniversary of Catholicism in the region.

Confession must include desire for reconciliation for clergy-penitent privilege, AZ court says

Come to the Water: Eucharist boat procession along the Bayou Teche celebrates faith, history

Why some Catholic schools are going low-tech in the age of AI

San Antonio priest laicized, excommunicated after calling Popes Francis and Leo ‘usurpers’

Florida bishops push back on state AG’s threat to participation in school voucher program

World

‘Prayer is our number one weapon’ against Russian aggression, says papal nuncio to Ukraine

by Gina Christian

“We need to pray and to explain to our brothers and sisters that we need to keep our hope. And our hope is Jesus, not this life.”

Colombia: Bogotá archdiocese launches ‘spiritual first aid’ mission to quake-hit cities
Deadly school shooting sparks alarm in the Philippines
Threatened harvest and daily harassment rattle West Bank’s last Christian village
Pope ‘saddened’ by devastation in Indonesia following earthquake
Pope calls for end to West Bank violence, pursuit of two-state solution

Australian bishop found guilty of abusing 3 young Aboriginal men

Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, financial assistance to disaster-stricken Colombia

Jordan prepares for 2,000th anniversary of Christ’s Baptism in 2030

Vatican

Sacred music must be ‘dignified,’ reflecting the mystery being celebrated, pope says

by Carol Glatz

Opinion

Look to the teenagers

by Laura Kelly Fanucci

Cultivating a relationship with Mary

by Colleen Pressprich

The Church in the Upper Midwest

by Father Anthony D. Andreassi

Reviews

The End of Oak Street

by John Mulderig
‘Strange Land’: The Hillbilly Thomists drop new album while on tour
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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