While other Vatican operations proceeded as normal, the cancellations put a damper on upcoming events of the Vatican’s Holy ...

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Like just about everything else, places of worship across the state have found ways to navigate a new normal in 2020. Per Gov. Tim Walz’s March 23 stay-at-home order, Minnesota churches were ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

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Credit: Vatican Media The pontiff participated in most of the first day of the summit ... Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior Vatican correspondent. After growing up in Omaha ...

HCA Healthcare’s purchase of financially strapped Catholic Medical Center was officially completed Friday, with the state’s second-largest hospital set to join the HCA Healthcare family at ...