The interfaith, multicity affordable housing initiative was “inspired by the first U.S.-born pope, and his commitment to service and social justice.”
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Empty school desks on Minnesota Capitol grounds signify children lost to gun violence
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffIn addition to testimony, Annunciation students in grades six through eight participated in a sing-along in the Capitol rotunda Feb. 24.
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‘Operation Metro Surge’ in Minneapolis is ending but needs continue for immigrant families
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffRedemptorist Father John Schmidt, pastor of St. Alphonsus in Brooklyn Center, was cautiously optimistic as he heard the news Feb. 12 that “Operation Metro Surge” was nearing an end.
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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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