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The nurses kept using the same word. The doctors used it, too: Rock star.

A Polish researcher has published the first study of religious practices among Christian prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau, as the 75th anniversary of the Nazi-run death camp’s liberation was marked in Israel and Poland.

Valerie Sayers’ most recent work, “The Powers,” takes the reader to New York City in the summer of 1941, as Americans followed not only Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, but also the dire developments in Europe that would eventually drag the country into World War II.

Catholic and Lutheran bishops: We are saddened that our nation may be creating even more hardships for vulnerable refugee families.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has set aside the death sentence of Asia Bibi, a Catholic convicted of blasphemy, and ordered her release from prison.

Outside the parish however, Deacon Ron Hansen is probably better known as the author of eight novels — soon to be nine — as well as a screenplay for the film adaptation of one of his most striking novels, “Mariette in Ecstasy.”

What was the most important lesson this year’s graduates learned in high school? How has their faith influenced them? What are their plans for the future?

The Visitor asked Catholic high schools and parishes across the diocese to choose a graduating senior to be profiled for this special section.

Catholic listeners in the Perham area now have a low-power FM station — KXPM-LP 100.3. It has a range of eight to 20 miles from the […]