The Catholic Spirit

12/08/2025

LISTEN: In a world chasing influence and recognition, what does it mean to live for an audience of One? Auxiliary Bishop Kevin Kenney joins us to explore how faith calls us into the unseen—where purpose is found not in applause, but in surrender.

An audience of one means our actions and work, what we say and do, are for the Lord, Bishop Kevin Kenney said. He was brought up and taught to do good deeds without drawing attention to himself. He…

12/08/2025

The Gallup poll was the first time it rated the U.S.-born pope since his May 8 election. Pope Leo marks his first 100 days in the papacy Aug. 16.

Pope Leo XIV tops a new Gallup poll on world leaders, appealing to U.S. residents broadly in a politically divided -- and divisive -- nation.

12/08/2025

Trump said he would invoke his authority under Section 740 of the District of Columbia’s Home Rule Act, the law that established the district’s local government. That section gives the president the power to order Washington’s mayor to temporarily give control of the city’s police department if the president determines “special conditions of an emergency nature exist.”

President Donald Trump said Aug. 11 he will place the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department "under direct federal control," activate the National Guard, and "get rid of the slums" in…

12/08/2025

The state already made it an offense punishable by imprisonment for minors below the age of 16. But starting January 2026, “if you solicit a 16- or 17- year old, that is no longer a misdemeanor. It’s no longer just two days in jail. That’s a felony and it’s a $10,000 fine,” said the California Catholic Conference’s Molly Sheahan, associate director for healthy families.

Catholics have lauded the recent signing of a state law that makes it a felony to procure s*x from a 16- or 17-year-old minor in the state of California.

12/08/2025

The blast rocked the Clairton Coke Works along the Monongahela River just south of Pittsburgh. The plant produces the carbon-rich coke from metallurgical coal for use in steel production. The process takes place in a series of superheated ovens known as batteries.

Bishop Mark A. Eckman of Pittsburgh is calling for prayer, following a deadly explosion at a US Steel facility in Pennsylvania Aug. 11 that killed at least one and injured 10, with one person still…

11/08/2025

NBC News reported that new guidance issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services made a change to its policy manual stating that federal immigration authorities may begin removal proceedings for those seeking legal status through a spouse or other relative.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reportedly closed off a pathway for citizenship for immigrants who apply for green cards through a spouse or other family members, raising the prospect of…

11/08/2025

It was all things corn Aug. 9 at Church of St. George Long Lake during the annual parish festival called Corn Days.

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Saint Clare, pray for us!

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11/08/2025

Today we honor Saint Clare of Assisi, a woman of radiant faith and unwavering devotion. May her example inspire us to follow Christ more closely.

09/08/2025

Eight men make first profession of vows to the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) at Nativity of Our Lord in St. Paul.