The Trump administration said Aug. 1 it would revoke its predecessor's policy rule that included abortion as a covered health benefit for veterans and their dependents, and return to a policy of fully excluding abortion and abortion-counseling.
“Just because you’re on vacation doesn't mean your children's personalities change,” said Morgan Kavanaugh. “It’s not going to be all sunshine and roses.” The 41-year-old West St. Paul lawyer recently returned from a two-week road trip with his wife, Nicole, and their five kids, ages 14 to 3. His life is shaped by service — to his family, his parish (St. Joseph in West St. Paul) and his city.
Father Brian Lynch, pastor of St. Agatha in Coates, opened the doors to his church on Aug. 3 to parishioners and visitors from the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.
Set in an alternate version of the mid-1960s, director Matt Shakman's Marvel Comics adaptation "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" (Disney) can fairly be called the TWA Hotel of superhero movies.
A handwritten thank-you card was life-changing for Father George Younes more than 20 years ago. It radically altered his plans for a move to Australia and led to his priestly ordination in the Maronite Catholic Church on July 26 at St. Maron in northeast Minneapolis.
Reacting to word that Pope Leo XIV would name St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he was thrilled, and the director of the St. Lawrence Newman Center serving the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota said it was great news.
St. John Henry Newman -- the 19th-century theologian, intellectual and preacher who journeyed from Anglicanism to Catholicism, powerfully shaping religious thought in both faith traditions -- will be named a doctor of the church by Pope Leo XIV.
Despite daunting odds, Catholic Relief Services and its on-the-ground partners have managed to deliver aid to 1.7 million people in Gaza since 2023, according to new data.
Rome's historic Risorgimento Square, built in the 19th century in honor of the unification of Italy, has always been a gateway to Vatican City with countless pilgrims, tourists, and locals passing through it on their way to St. Peter's Basilica.
A decades-long fight for justice in Brazil may be nearing a historic verdict. A judge is expected to rule soon on whether German automaker Volkswagen is guilty of using slave labor at a cattle ranch it owned in the Amazon rainforest during the 1970s. A Catholic priest first denounced the alleged crimes against workers and tirelessly fought for justice.
When the chaos rises — the living room buzzing with four kids, piano pounding, guitar strumming, high-speed chases underway — Katie Murray’s eyes land on the “Annunciation” print framed above the couch.
