ST. PAUL, Minn. — After a second fatal shooting in January involving federal agents in Minneapolis during an increase in federal immigration enforcement, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda presided over an …
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MN Catholic Conference director, other faith leaders call for ‘off-ramp’ to immigration enforcement ‘crisis’
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — Urging federal, state and local elected officials in Minnesota to chart an “off-ramp from this crisis” of increased federal immigration enforcement, Minnesota Catholic Conference …
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Vance visits Minneapolis to ‘tone down the temperature’ during immigration enforcement
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffMINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — Vice President JD Vance said he visited with business leaders, federal immigration enforcement officers and local law enforcement in Minneapolis Jan. 22 to better understand how an …
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‘Evil wounds us,’ but healing can come from Jesus during daily prayer, bishop says
by Joe Ruffby Joe Ruff“God does not will evil or death. … He hates evil — he hates death. And yet God wills a world where these continue to exist so he can give …
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Wisconsin man’s Catholic faith revived after finding bishop’s crosier in scrapyard
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — A bishop’s golden crosier, or hooked staff symbolizing his office, found in a Minnesota scrapyard has drawn the man who discovered it into a journey …
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Archbishop Hebda sees ‘a great sign of hope that Jesus is in’ Minneapolis church
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffThe archbishop spoke in the hours after a special Mass and rite of reparation that restored the church for worship.
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On a cold, wintery day, Archbishop Hebda and auxiliary bishops began rite of reparation that restored Annunciation Catholic Church for worship.
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Hope, healing highlight prayer service and Mass 1 month since Annunciation shooting
by Joe Ruffby Joe Ruff(OSV News) — Sharing hugs, tears and smiles, more than 150 people gathered on the lawn outside Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis for a morning prayer service Sept. …
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Bishop blesses hospitalized 12-year-old Annunciation shooting victim still in critical condition
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffAuxiliary Bishop Michael J. Izen of St. Paul and Minneapolis prayed for 12-year-old Sophia Forchas, left in critical condition with head injuries when bullets tore through Annunciation’s church in Minneapolis …
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For the first time since the Aug. 27 attack by a shooter who killed two children and wounded at least 21 more victims at an all-school Mass where he was …
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