Bishop Andrew Cozzens Archives

Church ponders the pastoral ‘now’ awaiting post-pandemic future

Apr 3, 2021

At the end of April, Father Kevin Gillespie and the staff at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., will hold a special meeting. Their task: Figuring out the right balance between pre-pandemic and pandemic ministry right now, while the world waits for an elusive post-pandemic future.

By John Lavenburg

Minnesota bishop assembles priest team for anointing COVID-19 patients

May 7, 2020

With local hospitals tightening restrictions for entering the rooms of patients with COVID-19, Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis is addressing an important pastoral need — administering the sacrament of the anointing of the sick to those suffering from the illness who are in danger of dying.

By Dave Hrbacek

Bishops give Easter blessing outside cathedral; cars line up for blocks

Apr 13, 2020

People piled into their cars April 12 and waited bumper-to-bumper in a line that stretched eight or nine blocks from I-94 to the street in front of the Cathedral of St. Paul to accept an Easter blessing from Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda and Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

By Joe Ruff

Roundtable CEO’s leadership skills first took shape on school playground

Jul 28, 2019

A St. Paul native mentored by a legion of local Catholic women is at the helm of an urgent mission to train church leaders and help them respond to the sex abuse crisis.

By Christina Capecchi

Minnesota auxiliary: Archbishop Nienstedt inquiry was ‘doomed to fail’

Sep 7, 2018

In January 2014, Archbishop John Nienstedt, then the leader of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, charged his subordinates with investigating allegations of sexual misconduct that had been made against him, but an auxiliary bishop says that investigation was “doomed to fail.”

By Maria Wiering

Questions still surround papal accuser’s role in Neinstedt probe

Aug 31, 2018

In the aftermath following claims from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò that Pope Francis knew about misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and ignored them, Viganò’s own handling of a sex abuse crisis in the U.S. has come into sharp focus.

By Christopher White

‘Humanae vitae’ saves marriages, says Minneapolis bishop

Jul 24, 2018

Bishop Andrew Cozzens, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has given a series of talks ahead of the anniversary of ‘Humanae Vitae.’

By Catholic News Agency