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A tale of decline? Not so at St. Charles Seminary
The seminary’s rising enrollment over the past 15 tumultuous years bucks other downward trends in the archdiocese. Officials credit the seminary's solid formation program and the 2015 visit of Pope Francis.
Pastor apologizes for words ‘hurtful to Muslims’ in homily
A Minnesota priest has apologized for remarks he made about Muslim immigration and Islam being "the greatest threat in the world." His archbishop reiterated Catholic teaching of esteem for Muslims.
Sister Mary O’Connor, longtime grade school teacher, dies
The I.H.M. sister attended Most Blessed Sacrament School and graduated from West Catholic High School before entering religious life, in which she taught and mentored for 57 years.
Catholics offer moral arguments to defuse ‘new nuclear arms race’
Nuclear disarmament advocates are ramping up efforts to preserve the last remaining nuclear arms control pact between the United States and Russia before it expires in February 2021.
Doctrine is renewed with roots firmly planted in magisterium, pope says
Church teaching is neither "rigid and closed in on itself," nor an "ideology" that changes with the seasons, Pope Francis said in a Jan. 30 address to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Holy Land Catholic leaders: Trump peace plan needed Palestinian input
In a Jan. 29 statement, the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land said that the initiative "will bring no solution but rather will create more tensions and probably more violence and bloodshed."
Eustace Mita named Papal Foundation’s first lay president
The parishioner of St. Mary Magdalen in Media, successful businessman and papal honoree will lead the foundation that gave $12 million in grants worldwide last year for projects supported by the pope.
Priest needs liver transplant; will a donor show up in time?
After years of working 16-hour days, Father John Mack of Buffalo was diagnosed with nonalcoholic cirrhosis. Celibate and without siblings, he's desperate for a donor.
Laity said to be key as county oversight of Minnesota archdiocese ends
Four years after they began supervising clerical abuse reforms, civil authorities said that progress has been made, but cautioned more needs to be done, with lay people taking the lead.
We’re all called to ‘tell the story about Jesus,’ evangelizer says
At a Jan. 27 lecture, popular Catholic speaker Father Mike Schmitz said spreading the Gospel is the task of all the baptized -- with social media as a starting point for a real-life community of faith.