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Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns addressed the faithful of the diocese "with a heavy heart" late May 6 after at least eight people, including a child, were killed during a mass shooting that afternoon at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas.

Catholic leaders in Britain welcomed the ecumenical and interfaith elements in the May 6 coronation of King Charles III and his consort, Queen Camilla, as well as a pledge by the new monarch "not to be served but to serve."

Prayers rose in St. Paul as hundreds gathered at the State Capitol May 7 for the 76th annual Family Rosary Procession and made their way to the Cathedral of St. Paul.

Rob Vischer, president of St. Paul-based University of St. Thomas since Jan. 1, told about 70 young professionals May 2 that he tries to worry less about what his faith means for his professional life and more about whether he is becoming “the person I was created to be.”

A 1998 graduate of St. Thomas Academy — who, for the last three years, has led Edina-based Catholic Schools Center of Excellence — has been named president of the all-male Mendota Heights school, effective July 1.

Five women were shot, one fatally, in the waiting room of a medical office in Atlanta May 3, sparking area lockdowns and a manhunt that lasted into the late evening.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda is urging people to pray for Minnesota lawmakers and the state at the 76th annual Archdiocesan Family Rosary Procession May 7 from the State Capitol to the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.

Accompaniment, discernment and respect for God-given human dignity are central to church teaching on end-of-life issues, several Catholic bioethicists told OSV News, following confusion over recent remarks on assisted suicide by Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.