Erika Kidd remembers when, still Protestant, she and her husband were curious about the University of Notre Dame’s famous Grotto, a shrine to Mary modeled after the place she appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 in Lourdes, France. Erika described watching a Catholic couple approach the shrine, kneel and pray, and she and her husband felt compelled to do the same. A wave of realization about the body’s role in worship washed over her.
In a letter to parishioners, St. Francis Xavier pastor Father Nate Meyers said, "The attack upon the people at the Allina Health Clinic strikes at the very core of our humanity and the security that each person rightly deserves in accord with his or her dignity as a child of God."
Even on video, Pat and Kenna Millea come across as people who would make good friends — and who are good friends. In a 1-minute, 48-second promo for the Archdiocesan Synod’s upcoming “Synod at Home” series, they exude an inviting combination of warmth, humor and pragmatism.
Failure to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act "shows just how extreme the majority of Senate Democrats are," said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.
Patrick Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy captain, is the new leader of the Knights of Columbus, succeeding Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, who has headed the international fraternal organization as its CEO for more than two decades.
Bernie Dutke is bringing St. Joseph more into her life during the Year of St. Joseph, and a devotion her parish began last week called the Seven Sundays Devotion to St. Joseph is helping her.
For many in the nation, this is a dark time because of job loss, hunger, evictions, sickness and death because of COVID-19, "so where do we turn? Faith" President Joe Biden said, addressing the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 4.
I was born a cradle Catholic with 16 years of Catholic education at St. Mark’s Catholic School, Cretin High School and the College of St. Thomas, all in St. Paul. For 60 years I was an active practicing Catholic. Then a member of the family asked me why am I Catholic. I had no good answer. It was a very painful moment for me.