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More than 200 fathers, families process through St. Paul streets for Catholic Father’s Day

Gathered for faith, fraternity and family in the Year of St. Joseph, more than 200 Catholic fathers and their families celebrated Mass June 19 with Bishop Andrew Cozzens.

Communion proposal highlights bishops’ meeting

The Eucharist was a major focus of the U.S bishops' June 16-18 virtual spring assembly.

National Eucharistic Revival to begin next year, includes 2024 national event ‘to light a fire’

Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, detailed a three-year “National Eucharistic Revival” initiative and announced plans for a national event in his June 18 committee update at the U.S. bishops’ Spring General Assembly.

Bishops discuss developing national pastoral on youth, young adults

In a June 17 presentation to the U.S. bishops at their annual spring assembly, which was virtual again this year, Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns announced a proposal to develop a new national pastoral framework on accompanying youths and young adults in the Church.

Bishops vote to draft teaching document on the Eucharist

The U.S. bishops approved by a wide margin a plan to draft a document to examine the "meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the Church" following a lengthy debate during their spring general assembly.

Archbishop Di Noia says his letter to Archbishop Gomez was routine

Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said a letter he sent in late May to the president of the U.S. bishops' conference was simply "a letter of acknowledgment" of the receipt of communication from him.

Brooklyn Center parishioner recalls 1941 National Eucharistic Congress

Eighty years ago, Paul Ditter boarded a school bus with his fellow classmates at Holy Name of Jesus School in Medina, heading to a special destination: the Pontifical Mass for Children at the Ninth National Eucharistic Congress.

Bringing home babies: How Sen. Julia Coleman is fueled by faith

At 29, Julia Coleman is the youngest Minnesota state senator in office, serving District 47. She’s also the mother to three boys under age 2. Her Catholic faith sustains her. The Chanhassen resident attends nearby St. Hubert as well as the Cathedral of St. Paul, where she and her husband, Jacob, were married.

Seen and unseen: The role of faith, reason in the search for alien life

With the expected release this month of the U.S. Department of Defense's report on unidentified aerial phenomenon, or UAPs, the question of intelligent life beyond Earth's solar system is back in the limelight.

Supreme Court upholds health care law’s individual mandate in 7-2 ruling

In a 7-2 decision June 17, the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, saying the states that sued over the law did not have the legal right to do so.

Archdiocese fulfills remaining $3 million obligation in clergy abuse bankruptcy settlement

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced June 17 it has fulfilled its remaining $3 million obligation to clergy abuse survivors ahead of schedule in its $210 million bankruptcy settlement.
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