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The pro-life movement had a mixed record of success in its first full calendar year without Roe v. Wade in place, losing an Ohio ballot measure but also seeing the passage of new legislation limiting the procedure in some states and new streams of support for pregnancy resource centers.

From ordaining a new auxiliary bishop to ordaining 18 permanent deacons; from Pope Francis choosing a local parishioner as a non-bishop voting delegate for the Synod of Bishops in Rome to the annual Tekakwitha Conference being held in the Twin Cities — 2023 was a memorable year for the local Church.

One of four faith leaders interviewed for spiritual guidance they might give when someone is struggling during hard times, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said faith is most important in those very moments.

The Vatican's declaration permitting Catholic priests to give non-liturgical blessings to couples in same-sex or other irregular situations, has sparked international reaction, both positive and negative.

Pope Francis expressed his spiritual closeness to the victims and all those affected by a mass shooting that killed 14 people and injured another 25 at a historic university in Prague, Czech Republic.

A Catholic women's college has reversed its recently updated admissions policy on applicants who identify as transgender, following public pushback and the local bishop's call to uphold Catholic teaching on the inherent connection between sex and gender.

Each day when I walk through the Archdiocesan Catholic Center lobby doors, I glance at the memorial plaque on the wall with the picture of James and Florence Trainor, the couple whose generous estate gift allowed us to purchase in 2022 the former 3M headquarters that we had been renting since 2017. In that moment, I always remember to pray for the Trainors, and for their family members, some of whom were here to help us dedicate the building to the memory of James and Florence.

In July 2022, Cassandra Falcone was cleaning up debris from the December 2021 tornadoes in western Kentucky when she came across an unusual sight: "little beads sticking up out of the ground."