Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

ST. 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 …

“Our Catholic faith teaches that every person is made in the image of God,” Archbishop Hebda said. “And deserves respect, dignity and care.”

“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.

“It’s still very, very, very fresh and (we’ll) probably live (with it) for a long time,” Matthew Tews said about the mass shooting at a Minneapolis church.

The Luminiscence production will feature a 360-degree video projection onto the basilica’s walls as narration provides the church’s history in Minneapolis.

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is hosting an exhibit of the largest collection of papal artifacts outside of Rome in early 2026.

One of the important stipulations to which families must agree is that the cremated remains will never be disinterred, because “they are here to rest.”

MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — The funeral service for Fletcher Merkel, 8, was held Sept. 7 at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, just over a mile from Annunciation Catholic Church, …

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 …

“While it is true that there is a suffering that is almost too difficult to mention, it is met by heroic examples of virtue and hope.”