Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda

“The loss of life on that (Aug. 27) occasion was horrific, and the impact on students, teachers and their families traumatizing,” Archbishop Hebda said Oct. 20.

MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — Ellie Mertens huddled under a pew at Annunciation church in Minneapolis on the morning of Aug. 27 as a barrage of bullets screamed past her, mere inches …

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 …

Pray for the Minneapolis Catholic community as it mourns two students and determines how to move forward with the school year.

Minneapolis Catholics, neighbors and others have joined together grieving the loss of life, health and sense of security in the aftermath of a school shooting.

The 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.”

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda said prayers offered around the world, including from Pope Leo XIV, have been “a source of hope” after that day’s school shooting.

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 …

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — On the first day of the public session of the U.S. bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, the importance of the church’s mission in light of …