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Karri Norris

Lunch lady serves up smiles, jokes and prayers

For Karri Norris, being a lunch lady at East Ridge High School in Woodbury is an ongoing opportunity to pray for teens. And when she clocks out, she continues to seek “pray-tunities,” as she dubs them — thanking cashiers, smiling at strangers and inquiring about people’s tattoos.
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People take part in a Corpus Christi procession June 11, 2020, in Krakow, Poland. On June 19, 2025, cities, towns and villages held solemn Eucharistic processions, publicly professing belief in Christ's real presence in the Eucharist on the feast of Corpus Christ.

Hundreds of thousands march in Poland’s Corpus Christi processions

In Catholic Poland, Corpus Christi is more than a feast -- it's a nationwide act of faith.
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Revolutionary movements at the time of Jesus

In this column, we’re in the midst of exploring some background to Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of God.
Holy Spirit Descending

Pray for and live the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit

In this month dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus, as I file away a meditation for a most ancient novena for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, I prepare for June 27, the last Friday of the month’s devotion, which falls on the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Sacred Heart of Jesus

Full hearts

God is love, and we are made in his image. Therefore, the perfection of the human person means becoming perfect in love. Lest we rationalize a way to lower the bar for ourselves, Jesus made this standard clear, saying, “So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” The word perfect doesn’t refer to the absurd perfectionistic standards driven by our hyper-competitive culture.
Praying with homeless

Five loaves and two fish

It was the August before my return to seminary after I had stepped away for a year and a half.
People take part in a Corpus Christi procession June 11, 2020, in Krakow, Poland. On June 19, 2025, cities, towns and villages held solemn Eucharistic processions, publicly professing belief in Christ's real presence in the Eucharist on the feast of Corpus Christ.

Hundreds of thousands march in Poland’s Corpus Christi processions

In Catholic Poland, Corpus Christi is more than a feast -- it's a nationwide act of faith.
Kate Soucheray

Soucheray: ‘Ask Jesus for all day his voice in our heads, our hearts and our souls for patience’

Kathleen Soucheray, a columnist for The Catholic Spirit, recommends that Catholics take more time this summer to put faith at the center of their lives and be intentional.
Pope Leo XIV signs a facsimile of an envelope with an enlarged copy of the Vatican post office's special stamp and cancellation marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina during an event in the Sala Regia of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace June 19, 2025.

Liturgical music can teach value of unity in diversity, pope says

The liturgical music tradition of polyphony with its blend of melodies and harmonies should lift people's spirits as it subtly transmits a message about diversity and unity, Pope Leo XIV said.
Altar servers lead the closing procession during a traditional Latin Mass at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y., in this July 1, 2021, file photo.

Traditionalist Catholics see evangelization potential of Latin Mass

Traditionalist Catholics have urged Pope Leo XIV to ease his predecessor's restrictions on the Latin Mass, insisting the move was based on misunderstandings and is hampering a Western Church revival.
The ChatGPT app is seen on a phone placed atop a keyboard in this photo taken in Rome March 8, 2024.

Pope: Intelligence is seeking life’s true meaning, not having reams of data

Access to vast amounts of data and information is not the same thing as having intelligence, which is uniquely human and requires being open to truth, goodness and the real meaning of life, Pope Leo XIV told AI experts and executives.
Zach Jansen

Archdiocesan filmmaker: Strong conviction drives ‘A Man for All Seasons’

The heart of the story for the 1966 film “A Man for All Seasons” is St. Thomas More standing up for his Catholic beliefs to the very end, said Zach Jansen, the digital content producer for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is debuting his latest work on Fox Nation: "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints." Scorsese is pictured in an undated photo.

Fox Nation announces second season for “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints”

Fox Nation announced June 11 that an eight-episode second season of the docudrama series "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints" will become available for streaming beginning in November and continuing through the spring of next year. As before, celebrated director Scorsese will host, narrate and executive produce the programs.
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Praying with homeless

Five loaves and two fish

It was the August before my return to seminary after I had stepped away for a year and a half.

Vestments worn by priests

Peace be with you!

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Revolutionary movements at the time of Jesus

In this column, we’re in the midst of exploring some background to Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of God.

Full hearts

Why I am Catholic
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