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After serving NET Ministries in West St. Paul for 25 years, David Rinaldi has been named the organization’s new president, replacing Mark Berchem, who founded the Catholic youth ministry in 1981 and has served as its president since then. Berchem will help with the transition and serve as a strategic adviser. 

Former President Donald Trump took to his social media platform on New Year's Day to blame the issue of abortion and pro-life voters for the Republican Party's underperformance in the 2022 midterm election cycle, prompting criticism from even some of his supporters.

A pro-life youth group, a woman who has served the pro-life cause in many ways for more than 20 years, and an attorney and law professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law will be honored.

A 5:30 p.m. Mass Jan. 4 for the repose of the soul of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has been postponed at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul because of heavy snow and icy roads. 

Beginning well before he was elected pope in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI made substantial contributions to theology and Catholic thought through his prolific writing, academic lectures and long-form interviews, say scholars who study his work. In the wake of his Dec. 31 death, Benedict has been heralded as one of the most important theologians of the 20th century, one whose scholarship will stand the test of time.

When the new Congress convenes Jan. 3, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's handing over the speaker's gavel marks an end both to her era of Democratic party leadership and a 16-year unbroken run of Catholics leading the House.

The Central Catholic High School community in Pittsburgh is joining in prayer for NFL player Damar Hamlin, a 2016 school graduate, who was critically injured during a Jan. 2 game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals.

Representatives from the world's Christian churches will travel to the Vatican to attend the funeral Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square Jan. 5.