The Diocese of St. Cloud has recorded a Christmas Mass that will be available online at www.stcdio.org/TVMass. The Mass will also air on select local access cable channels on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Franciscan Father Greg Friedman, who served in the Holy Land for the last six years, explains the challenges, exacerbated due to the pandemic, that Christians face there.

Thanks to generous donors, the Bishop’s Annual Appeal is nearing its goal and making a difference in the lives of Catholics across the diocese.

Through prayer, God integrates even our rebellion into a greater, redemptive good.

This year, Advent calls us to a new kind of hospitality to welcome the discomfort or stranger as an act of hope.

The process of naming a new bishop involves many levels of recommendations forwarded to the apostolic nuncio who prioritizes the information and forwards it to the pope, who makes the final determination.

Bishop Kettler’s desire is to help and encourage priests and deacons “in their work and give them a pastoral, prayerful and clear process to deal with the difficult topic of cohabitation.”

From the archives: An interview with the author of “The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra”