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Jesse Merkel, the father of Fletcher Merkel, the 8-year-old killed in the Aug. 27 school shooting at Annunciation church in Minneapolis, spoke to mourners outside the church the day after the tragic event.
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Ukraine's religious leaders have appealed to Pope Leo XIV for his continued help in returning thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, hostages and deported children, as deadly Russian attacks on Kyiv and other cities in that nation continue to claim civilian lives amid stalled global peace negotiations.
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- Joe Ruff
Jesse Merkel, the father of Fletcher Merkel, the 8-year-old killed in the Aug. 27 school shooting at Annunciation church in Minneapolis, spoke to mourners outside the church the day after the tragic event.
- Rebecca Omastiak
Catholics and members of the Twin Cities community continued to pray, offer various types of support, and grieve the day after a deadly shooting at a school Mass at Annunciation in Minneapolis.
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Sew in love, Reclaiming Sundays, Parish youth ministry training, Pilgrimages for creation, Spiritual service, Witnessing generosity, Minnesota's first Saint?
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Ukraine's religious leaders have appealed to Pope Leo XIV for his continued help in returning thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, hostages and deported children, as deadly Russian attacks on Kyiv and other cities in that nation continue to claim civilian lives amid stalled global peace negotiations.
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Luke Klavins, 25, from Holy Name of Jesus in Medina, was one of many youth ministers and faith formators in St. Joseph Hall at the Archdiocesan Catholic Center (ACC) in St. Paul Aug. 18-19 for Youth Discipleship and Faith Formation (YDFF) training. In the social hour that followed an all-day training on the second day, Klavins enjoyed a beverage and his community of ministers, formators and friends.
- The Catholic Spirit
As I reflect on the threads of my life, I am struck by a pattern that provides the most succinct answer to why I am (still) Catholic: friendship.
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As the summer months wind down, I find myself giving thanks for the opportunities to gather and the memories made.
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A medida que los meses de verano llegan a su fin, me encuentro agradeciendo las oportunidades de reunirme y los recuerdos creados.
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At 65, Ed Koerner is entering a new season: newly retired, freshly energized and just back from a two-week trip to Italy gifted by his son. “I feel like I’m just beginning,” said the lifelong Catholic, who attends St. Edward, a half-mile from his Bloomington home. He spent nearly 25 years as executive director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis — one of many ways he’s lived out his deep conviction that “it’s our privilege to serve the poor, not our right.”
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We need mercy because we live in an imperfect world. We all know people who have suffered a death in the family, a serious illness, divorce, a job loss or some other personal tragedy. We have heard shocking stories of violence, oppression, poverty, prejudice and abuse. And while we can't stop every bad thing from happening, we can become more merciful in our response to people in need.
- Joe Ruff
Calling on a God whose love and compassion embraces everyone, who “embraces pain” and took on human flesh “because he loves us,” Archbishop Bernard Hebda led an evening prayer service Aug. 27 that packed a school gym only two miles from the site of a church shooting at an all-school Mass at Annunciation in Minneapolis that same morning.
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We need mercy because we live in an imperfect world. We all know people who have suffered a death in the family, a serious illness, divorce, a job loss or some other personal tragedy. We have heard shocking stories of violence, oppression, poverty, prejudice and abuse. And while we can't stop every bad thing from happening, we can become more merciful in our response to people in need.
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- The Catholic Spirit
Text of an Aug. 23 speech below comes from an address by Pope Leo XIV to an association of Catholic lawmakers from around the world gathered in Rome to consider how best to engage “the new world order.”
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