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Catholic Charities announces new board members

Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the largest comprehensive social services organization in the region, announced Feb. 4 the appointment of five new board members effective Jan. 1, 2014.
Focus on Faith

People power: Popular devotion is key factor in sainthood process

The sainthood process is long and technically complicated, and ultimately requires the approval of the pope, but the whole procedure is driven by Catholics in the pews and, especially, those on their knees.
Commentary

Why goodness depends on God

One of the commonest observations made by opponents of religion is that we don’t need God in order to have a coherent and integral morality.
Respect Life

Abortion supporters rely on ‘subterfuges,’ Cardinal O’Malley says

Supporters of legal abortion are like the emperor from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes," said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston.
Faith and Culture

Finding leisure in literature

Women of all ages join The Well-Read Mom book clubs
Commentary

Cold hands, young heart: the wonder of winter

Just when you think you’ve seen everything — every lion hugging human, every shark-eluding seal —the World Wide Web churns out a picture that makes you stare.
Faith in the Public Arena

‘Blowing the dynamite’ of the Catholic Church

In the 1930s, during a time of economic depression and geopolitical upheaval and uncertainty, Catholic Worker movement co-founder Peter Maurin wrote a collection of “Easy Essays” to help people understand and live Catholic teaching in the social and political sphere.
Ask Father Mike

Is there a Catholic ‘rule’ for everything?

Is everything Catholics do covered by a rule, and how is the ordinary person supposed to know every rule? Is a Catholic allowed to listen to and heed the advice of preachers from other religions?
Sunday Scriptures

Generosity shows the light of Christ to others

God told Isaiah, “You are my servant. . . . I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”
Respect Life

Nine days of prayer part of Roe v. Wade anniversary

For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Catholic bishops are sponsoring Nine Days for Life: Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage, planned for Jan. 18-26, as part of several events marking the 41st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand in the U.S.
Commentary

Rediscover the power and peace of prayer

“We cannot claim to have a real, living relationship with Jesus if we do not have some time each day when we consciously set aside everything and spend time in prayerful conversation with Jesus and the Trinity.” - Bishop Andrew Cozzens
Overheard

Overheard – January 16, 2014

“Love with actions, not with words. The wind whisks words away; today they’re here, tomorrow they’re not.”
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UPDATE: Annunciation shooting victim Lydia Kaiser is released from the hospital
MCC: Special legislative session would be a first step in addressing gun violence
Archdiocese provides private space for Annunciation families after traumatic shooting
Pope Leo XIV meets with Bishop Kenney, other bishops during annual formation courses
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