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Despite some opposition to its expansion plans, officials at a pregnancy resource center in West St. Paul won approval from the City Council to broaden services and create enough to room help twice as many people.

Disciple Maker Index survey aims to help parishes, archdiocese better know views of people in the pews

Catholics may be surprised to learn that many U.S. bishops describe their lives as both all-consuming and satisfying, a priest-researcher said in a presentation Jan. 15.

A dream for feeding the hungry was about to die in December 2015. But, on the day before Christmas that year, a surprise gift came that has led to the packing of almost 6 million meals in the northwest Twin Cities area for starving children around the world.

“Why can’t victim-survivors just get over it?” It’s a question often asked within the Church of people ready to move on from the abuse crisis.

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is offering and supporting numerous programs and events designed to promote healing in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse crisis.

Michael Callaghan’s healing from clergy sexual abuse took a big step forward after he saw the movie “Spotlight” in 2015.

“My homily on immigration contained words that were hurtful to Muslims. I’m sorry for this,” said Father Nick VanDenBroeke, pastor of Immaculate Conception in Lonsdale, in a Jan. 29 statement. “I realize now that my comments were not fully reflective of the Catholic Church’s teaching on Islam.”