Auxiliary 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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Annunciation pastor calls first parish Mass after church shooting a ‘humble beginning’
by Joe Ruffby Joe Ruff(OSV News) — Recalling the fear and the cries from students, parents and school staff to “get low, stay down, stay down, don’t get up” as bullets tore through Annunciation …
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Archbishop Hebda prays for community’s peace, fortitude, consolation after school shooting
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffThe archbishop said he wished he had the answers for everyone. “I don’t. But I trust, brothers and sisters, that we have a God who does have those answers.”
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — A man suspected of killing Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, was arrested June 15 after a nearly two-day manhunt that …
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Minnesota lawmaker who once taught Catholic Sunday school shot and killed in apparent ‘politically-motivated assassination’
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who once taught Sunday school at St. Timothy in Blaine, Minnesota, and was a speaker of the Minnesota House, …
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Pope Leo’s 45-year friendship with Minnesota Lutheran couple began at a hospital
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffMINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — As a seminarian in 1980, Pope Leo XIV lived at least three months in Minneapolis and developed a friendship with a Lutheran classmate and his wife …
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Minnesota archdiocese’s newly ordained auxiliary bishop urges all to follow Christ’s heart
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — Newly ordained and addressing 3,000 people in the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Auxiliary Bishop Kevin T. Kenney said he was grateful …
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Pope Francis Names Next St. Paul – Minneapolis Auxiliary Bishop Local Pastor With Two Decades Parish Experience
by Joe Ruffby Joe RuffST. PAUL, Minnesota (OSV News) — Pope Francis named Father Michael John Izen, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis who has ministered in parishes and as …
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