In the late hours of March 30, catechumens and candidates across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will enter full communion with the Church at the Easter Vigil.
The pews may be a bit more crowded at Mass this Easter -- but on balance, regular church attendance in the U.S. continues to decline across the board, particularly among Catholics.
A decision by a judge in Calgary, Alberta, in favor of a young woman seeking medically assisted suicide over her father's objections amounts to "the blatant devaluing of persons with disabilities," a Canadian activist told OSV News.
Serenity Quesnelle saw six fertility doctors, went through multiple procedures and braved surgery in the hopes of conceiving a child. After four years, one of her doctors felt that nothing more could be done and asked Quesnelle to write down the number of a nearby in vitro fertilization clinic.
The Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) is urging Catholics to sign a petition encouraging legislators to restore religious exemption protections in the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA).