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- Joe Ruff
Blessing her forehead and both hands with holy water from Lourdes, France, as she lay unconscious in a hospital bed in Minneapolis, Bishop Michael Izen prayed for 12-year-old Sophia Forchas, left in critical condition with head injuries when bullets tore through Annunciation’s church in Minneapolis one week before.
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Surrounded by formal Italian gardens, ancient Roman ruins and long avenues of lush trees, Pope Leo XIV inaugurated a new "zero environmental impact" complex devoted to promoting Pope Francis' teachings on caring for creation at the papal gardens in Castel Gandolfo.
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- Joe Ruff
Blessing her forehead and both hands with holy water from Lourdes, France, as she lay unconscious in a hospital bed in Minneapolis, Bishop Michael Izen prayed for 12-year-old Sophia Forchas, left in critical condition with head injuries when bullets tore through Annunciation’s church in Minneapolis one week before.
- The Catholic Spirit
The tragic events that unfolded at Annunciation church in Minneapolis Aug. 27, when a shooter opened fire through the church’s stained-glass windows and struck children from the parish school as they celebrated Mass, will have long-lasting effects on the greater Minnesota community for years to come.
- Josh McGovern
The funeral service for Fletcher Merkel, 8, was held Sept. 7 at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, just over a mile from Annunciation Catholic Church, where he and another student were shot and killed during an Aug. 27 all-school Mass. Eighteen other students and three adults were injured. The suspected shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
- Joe Ruff
Archbishop Bernard Hebda, three Catholic elementary school students and one of their teachers led a rosary of the sorrowful mysteries Sept. 5 for Annunciation in Minneapolis.
- Dave Hrbacek
Ellie Mertens huddled under a pew at Annunciation church in Minneapolis on the morning of Aug. 27 as a barrage of bullets screamed past her, mere inches from her head.
- The Catholic Spirit
Q) Archbishop, you have guided us through these really terrible, tragic days. How are you doing?
A) I feel really privileged to be here, even though it's a very difficult time.
- Catholic News Service
Surrounded by formal Italian gardens, ancient Roman ruins and long avenues of lush trees, Pope Leo XIV inaugurated a new "zero environmental impact" complex devoted to promoting Pope Francis' teachings on caring for creation at the papal gardens in Castel Gandolfo.
- OSV News
Supporters of a Catholic winner of the Nobel Peace Prize have urged Western church leaders to take up his cause four years after he was detained and jailed in Belarus on trumped-up charges.
- OSV News
Thousands will gather in St. Peter's Square Sept. 7 for the highly anticipated canonization of two modern saints -- but if flying to Rome isn't an option, one can watch every moment of the joyous occasion via livestream at OSV News.
- The Catholic Spirit
Jason Adkins — executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) — said Sept. 5 that Gov. Tim Walz’s call for a special legislative session to address gun violence in the wake of the Annunciation church shooting would be a first but insufficient step to address all issues involved.
- OSV News
Soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis is a fresh "shoot" budding from the 800-year-old spiritual "vine" of Sts. Francis and Clare in Assisi, said the rector of the shrine housing the millennial teenager's tomb.
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- The Catholic Spirit
Limbo is a game based on traditions that began on the island of Trinidad. The goal of the game is to pass under a horizontal bar (known as the limbo bar) as it is lowered. Contestants must bend backward and allow no part of their body to touch the bar while only their feet can touch the floor or ground. Sometimes, people will chant “how low can you go!” as the bar is lowered bit by bit. Fun fact, the world record for the lowest limbo bar height is 6 inches, set by Dennis Walston in 1991. Ha! He must have been really flexible and really skinny! How low can you go?
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- The Catholic Spirit
Many rosary devotees may ponder the grace of a happy death — one of my favorite reflections is the fourth glorious mystery — the Assumption of Mary. Just a couple of weeks ago we celebrated that Church dogma as a holy day of obligation. And just a week after that came the Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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