Redemptorist Father John Schmidt, pastor of St. Alphonsus in Brooklyn Center, was cautiously optimistic as he heard the news Feb.12 that “Operation Metro Surge” was nearing an end.

Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday") is the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. In times of greater Lenten ...

God lives a most mysterious form of life. High above all things, dwelling in unapproachable light, God is the eternal Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The life of the Holy Trinity is resplendent with ...

As the Minnesota Legislature begins the second half of its 94th legislative session Feb. 17, Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), and Maggee ...

As a family, Pat and Kenna Millea, co-founders of the Martin Center for Integration in Minneapolis — which provides Catholic faith-focused and evidence-based approaches to mental health — are ...

"The pope is dead." These words will dramatically ring out across Olympic ice as Italian figure skater Daniel Grassl begins his long program to music from the movie "Conclave" in the men's figure ...

The complexity in the world around Kostick points simply toward the Lord. Reflecting on Adam and Eve’s fall by eating from the tree of knowledge, commonly depicted as an apple, Kostick said that the ...

Servant of God Thea Bowman's canonization cause is moving ahead, with a Mass and ceremony marking the closure of the cause's ...

With the Feb. 9 announcement of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen's beatification, experts told OSV News the renowned 20th-century theologian and evangelizer spoke not only to his time, but to the present -- ...

Recent court cases involving pro-life activists at abortion clinics, an immigration protest inside a Minnesota church and a new application of a 1994 federal law, the FACE Act, show how legal ...

So began the first steps on the artistic road that led Sheryl Moran, 62, and a parishioner of Our Lady of Grace in Edina, to completing an oil painting of Pope Leo XIV for the Pontifical North ...

Father Geoffroy Génin is a 69-year-old French priest whose appearance is sometimes unusual. Tall and slim, he has the look of an athlete. Once a week, he can be seen on the ski slopes, in the heart of ...