Minnesota Archives

Veteran says ‘Little Flower’ kept him alive during months of bombing runs

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 10, 2019

One World War II veteran believes St. Therese kept him alive in the cockpit during six months of bombing runs that ended in 1944 when he reached the end of his tour of duty and returned to the United States.

Minnesota bishop defends conduct in sexual abuse case

Associated Press, Church in the US
Nov 6, 2019

A Minnesota bishop who’s the subject of a Vatican-ordered investigation said in sworn testimony released Tuesday that he was trying to protect the confidentiality of a man who said he was sexually abused by a popular priest when he certified to other church officials that the priest was fit for ministry and to work with children.

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.

Court rules against parishioners trying to save old church set fire in arson attack

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 5, 2019

A group of parishioners trying to save a historic church in central Minnesota has lost an appeal.

Minnesota bishops bring ‘Laudato Si’ to the pews

Interviews
Sep 3, 2019

The Minnesota Catholic Conference has a program to help spread the message of Pope Francis’s ecological encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ to the people in the pew.