In one sense, priests are no different from other people. They feel the need to step away from the typical routine for a few days to refresh and recharge. There's always the beach, the woods, the big city.
Pope Francis' peace envoy to Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, was finishing his two-day visit to Ukraine June 6. He met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid breaking news of the destruction of a critical dam and hydroelectric power plant along the front lines in southern Ukraine that Zelenskyy blamed on "Russian terrorists." The Russian side accused Ukrainian forces of blowing up the dam. Ukraine accused Russians of committing what it called "ecocide."
Brother Matt Wooters spends most of his time on the road in his role as vocations promoter for the Jesuits’ Midwest province, cruising in his white Toyota Corolla and sipping black coffee. Though he’s based in Chicago, the 35-year-old has ties to St. Paul, which he visits seven or eight times a year.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation June 3 banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures in Texas for minors who identify as transgender.
The Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to host a July 30 Christian Faith and Family Day does not allay concerns and outrage over the team's plans to honor a self-described "order of drag, queer and LGBTQ+ nuns," Catholic experts told OSV News.
The U.S. Senate on June 1 passed its version of a compromise bill brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, just days before a June 5 deadline to address the debt ceiling or risk a U.S. government default.
Growing up in Little Falls, Michael Retka was interested in church architecture. Visiting family in Browerville, he noticed that the church there was similar to his home church, Our Lady of Lourdes.
“We have a beautiful park in our backyard every day, which not everyone has,” said Amy Leonard, who with her husband, Tim, and family will welcome attendees June 25 to Rural Life Sunday, an annual event celebrated for about 60 years in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
A central aspect of the 2023 Minnesota legislative session was determining the state’s budget for the next two years, including what to do with a large surplus that began emerging in 2020.
Can there ever be too many iterations of everybody's favorite amalgam of arachnid and human? Not according to the sequel "Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse" (Sony) which eventually boasts a superabundance of variations on the character.
