Minneapolis

Redemptorist 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.

Catholic leaders in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis acknowledged the need for hope as they look to next steps in the local community.

(OSV News) — More U.S. Catholic bishops have released messages of concern as tensions continue to soar amid the Trump administration‘s immigration crackdown, with clashes between protestors and enforcement agents flaring …

MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — A century ago, Pope Pius XI granted a grand Minneapolis church the title of “basilica.” It was the first church in the United States to receive …

(OSV News) — A Minneapolis priest told OSV News that despite signals of deescalation, tensions over immigration enforcement actions in that city will not see the situation get “better in …

A federal judge cited two Gospel verses in his order releasing five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father from a Texas family detention center.

Catholics in Minneapolis are wrestling with sorrow, anger, fear and faith as they navigate tensions between federal and local authorities on immigration.

ROME (CNS) — Asked about the deadly shootings by U.S. federal agents in Minneapolis, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said the violence unfolding there is “unacceptable.”   “The …

(OSV News) — “How will you help restore a culture of life in the midst of death?” Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, put that question to participants …

Catholic leaders are calling for peace the day after a second person was killed by federal agents this month in Minneapolis.