In the wake of the economic fallout due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy said it expects a multimillion-dollar deficit in its budget for 2021.
After seeking input from parishioners and school parents, Guardian Angels Catholic School in Chaska will not reopen next school year. The school faces declining enrollment and costly building repairs, Guardian Angels officials said Feb. 18.
A change in wording to the concluding doxology of orations in the Roman Missal, from "one God, for ever and ever" to "God, for ever and ever," took effect on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Lent is a time to reconsider the path one is taking in life and to finally answer God's invitation to return to him with one's whole heart, Pope Francis said.
Deacon Thomas Winninger, who served four parishes in the Twin Cities in his 15 years of ministry and was widely known as a motivational speaker, supporter of Catholic families, author and market researcher, died Feb. 11. He was 72.