archbishop bernard hebda Archives

Confirmed: Embattled Buffalo bishop in Rome next week for ad limina visit

Church in the US, Vatican
Nov 6, 2019

Embattled Bishop Richard Malone is set to meet with Pope Francis next week.

Conference applies restorative justice principles to clerical abuse crisis

Church in the US, Interviews
Oct 28, 2019

Father Daniel Griffith of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is helping to promote restorative justice as a means to overcoming the clergy sexual abuse crisis.

Warmhearted stories, deeply felt prayers mark Archbishop Flynn’s funeral

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 1, 2019

A funeral Mass attended by more than 2,000 people, including a dozen bishops and a U.S. cardinal, hundreds of laypeople, priests, seminarians, religious brothers and sisters, was made intimate by warmhearted stories and heartfelt prayers for the late Archbishop Harry J. Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Archbishop Flynn, who led St. Paul archdiocese, dies at 86

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 24, 2019

Archbishop Harry Flynn, who led the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis from 1995 to 2008, has died. He was 86.

Minnesota archbishop opens investigation into fellow bishop

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 11, 2019

The Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Wednesday that he has opened an investigation — which is believed to be the first of its kind under a new Vatican protocol — into allegations that a bishop in northwestern Minnesota interfered with investigations into clerical sexual misconduct.

Minnesota Catholics join Archbishop Hebda for CRS trip to Laos, Cambodia

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 18, 2019

“Being on the CRS trip and seeing the work they do really opened my eyes,” a person traveling to Asia with the organization said. “It’s not as if I didn’t understand there were problems that existed in these parts of the world. I certainly was aware of that. You just have a different sense of it when you go and encounter them face-to-face.”