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- Joe Ruff
Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who once taught Sunday school at St. Timothy in Blaine and was a speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their home early June 14 in what Gov. Tim Walz said “appears to be a politically-motivated assassination.”
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- OSV News
Hours after June 12 overnight strikes by Israel on nuclear and military sites in Iran -- described by Israel as "preemptive" and sparking fears of a wider regional conflict amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war -- OSV News spoke with Jesuit Father John Paul, rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, located on a 40-acre hilltop campus between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
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- Joe Ruff
Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who once taught Sunday school at St. Timothy in Blaine and was a speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their home early June 14 in what Gov. Tim Walz said “appears to be a politically-motivated assassination.”
- The Catholic Spirit
As the gavel fell on another contentious legislative session, Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) is grateful to report that faithful, principled advocacy continues to make a real impact in shaping public policy at the Minnesota State Capitol.
- Josh McGovern
During the 2025 Archdiocesan Synod: Be My Witnesses Assembly on June 7, some 450 delegates from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis gathered in the Joe Mauer Fieldhouse at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul. Assembly members gathered, discussed in small and large groups and voted on propositions they felt were the most important for the archdiocese in the coming years.
- OSV News
Hours after June 12 overnight strikes by Israel on nuclear and military sites in Iran -- described by Israel as "preemptive" and sparking fears of a wider regional conflict amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war -- OSV News spoke with Jesuit Father John Paul, rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, located on a 40-acre hilltop campus between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
- Josh McGovern
Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) and Maggee Hangge, policy associate at MCC, invited The Catholic Spirit into the conference’s offices in St. Paul to talk about Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session, which concluded in May and was followed by a special session June 10. The conference is the public policy arm of Minnesota’s Catholic bishops, which includes Archbishop Bernard Hebda and Bishops Michael Izen and Kevin Kenney of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. This interview has been edited for length.
- OSV News
With plans underway for the canonization of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández Oct. 19, as announced by the Vatican, a 16-year-old artist has created the world's tallest sculpture of the future saint.
- OSV News
Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced.
- OSV News
Amid ongoing unrest in Los Angeles over immigration raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "we bring our cares and anxieties to Jesus today, and to his Mother, Our Lady of the Angels," Archbishop Jose´ H. Gomez said June 11.
- Rebecca Omastiak
This year, the Archdiocese of S. Paul and Minneapolis began collecting information from its 185 parishes about the number of non-infant baptisms and non-infant receptions into the Catholic Church during the Easter season.
- Joe Ruff
Hoping to bring Christ’s love into more lives, Catholic singer-songwriters Seph Schleuter and Aly Aleigha will perform July 10 at the Holy Family Catholic High School football stadium in Victoria at a concert billed as His Name Hallowed.
- Josh McGovern
Archbishop Bernard Hebda described the Archdiocesan Synod 2025: Be My Witnesses Assembly as a day of hope.
The 2025 Archdiocesan Synod Assembly was shorter than the previous one in 2022, which Archbishop Hebda believed helped prepare assembly members to discuss propositions more intently. The format of the day was the same as in 2022, but assembly members expressed to Archbishop Hebda that they were grateful for more time to discuss the propositions.
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- The Catholic Spirit
With respect to Lin Manuel Miranda — and bearing in mind that a title cannot be copywritten — what or where is “the room where it happened” for you? The first reading and the Gospel for Pentecost (Acts 2:2; Jn 20:19) describe the descent of the Holy Spirit and its gifts upon our ancestors when they are gathered in a room.
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- The Catholic Spirit
As the gavel fell on another contentious legislative session, Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) is grateful to report that faithful, principled advocacy continues to make a real impact in shaping public policy at the Minnesota State Capitol.
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