Minnesota Archives

Immigrants with COVID-19 symptoms may suffer silently, fearing deportation

Aug 12, 2020

Undocumented immigrants often do not have insurance, don’t have financial resources to pay emergency room costs, and feel pressure to go to work no matter how they feel, to support their families. This puts them at additional risk when it comes to COVID-19.

By Joe Ruff

30 family members contract COVID-19 following funeral at Catholic church

Aug 8, 2020

Thirty grieving members of a family in a small northwestern Minnesota town have contracted the coronavirus after attending a funeral for a loved one.

By Associated Press

Archbishop says Floyd video ‘gut wrenching,’ urges respect for all people

May 28, 2020

A video showing a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed man repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe,” and who appears to lose consciousness or die while being pinned down, is “gut wrenching and deeply disturbing,” Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis said in a May 27 statement.

By Maria Wiering

St. Cloud diocese to pay abuse victims $22.5 million

May 27, 2020

The Diocese of St. Cloud will pay sexual abuse victims $22.5 million and file for bankruptcy, according to a settlement agreement.

By Associated Press

Minn. bishops modify reopening plan after governor increases crowd limit

May 26, 2020

A new executive order from Gov. Tim Walz permits faith-based gatherings at 25% church capacity, with a total limit of 250 people, beginning May 27. The Minnesota governor announced the new order May 23.

By Maria Wiering

Minnesota Catholic farmers trust in God amid coronavirus slowdown

May 11, 2020

Thousands of farmers across Minnesota and the country have been hit by repercussions of the economic slowdown — and in several cases shutdown — of meatpacking plants because of outbreaks of COVID-19.

By Joe Ruff