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St. Olaf Church, in downtown Minneapolis, hosted many homeless guests Feb. 1-4, Super Bowl weekend, who were displaced by game security.

The nationwide flu outbreak has prompted dioceses to take steps to suspend traditional rituals to prevent the spread of the virus as much as possible.

Multiple news reports indicate the Vatican has made substantial progress in reaching an agreement with China’s communist government on the naming of bishops for several dioceses without papal approval.

For the feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the World Day for Consecrated Life, Pope Francis said believers’ hearts must be open, because every believer receives the faith from someone and is called to share it with others.

Students of St. John Paul II Catholic Preparatory School in Minneapolis joyfully put on brand new coats as current and former members of the Minnesota Vikings greeted them.

Hours before President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address Jan. 30, immigrant supporters said they were concerned with his administration’s “systematic targeting of vulnerable populations.”

The relics of St. Maximilian Kolbe, who died in Auschwitz Aug. 14, 1941 after volunteering to take the place of another man who was to be tortured in a room meant to starve people to death, have been given to churches around the world and displayed for public veneration.

For the first time, the International Olympic Committee has invited a Vatican delegation not only to take part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Games, but also to attend its general meeting as an official observer.