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    February 9, 20264

    Obituary: Benedictine Sister Mary Annella (Pius) Zenzen

    February 5, 20264

    Photos: Bishop Neary leads Holy Hour for Peace

    February 4, 20264

    Notre Dame Federal Credit Union and Catholic United Financial Credit Union

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    All Things New
    February 3, 20264

    Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future: Renewed by the Spirit

    January 22, 20264

    Walking Together in Faith; Updates on All Things New

    January 22, 20264

    All Things New: Where is grace today?

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    Our Church in the World
    February 5, 20264

    Science teacher honors Challenger crew’s memory by encouraging curiosity, resilience, faith

    February 5, 20264

    America’s first basilica marks a century

    February 5, 20264

    These Olympic athletes are leaning on faith going into the Winter Games

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    February 8, 20264

    Saint profile: Saint Scholastica

    February 5, 20264

    Getting to know our sacred space

    February 1, 20264

    Saint profile: St. Josephine Bakhita

  • Through Another Lens
    Through Another Lens
    February 5, 20264

    Craycraft: All sin is personal but all sin is social

    February 5, 20264

    Bishop Paprocki: What does Christianity have to say about the Olympics?

    January 28, 20264

    Minnesota Franciscan and a Palestinian humanitarian build peace one conversation at a time

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    February 5, 20264

    Pope welcomes new Marian mosaic, St. Rose of Lima statue in Vatican Gardens

    February 5, 20264

    Catherine O’Hara’s Catholic roots

    January 29, 20264

    Minnesota Frost forward Britta Curl-Salemme draws strength from her Catholic faith

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second federal execution

Our Church in the World. July 16, 2020

Supreme Court order cleared way for second federal execution

By Catholic News Service

Wesley Purkey was killed by lethal injection July 16 after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the second federal execution.

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Español February 8, 2026

Historia de una Santa: Santa Escolástica

Español February 5, 2026

El Papa da la bienvenida al nuevo mosaico mariano y a la nueva estatua de Santa Rosa de Lima en los Jardines Vaticanos

Español February 1, 2026

Historia de una Santa: Santa Josefina Bakhita

Español January 29, 2026

Relectura del Concilio Sacrosanto: Artículo 1

EspañolEveryday Discipleship January 28, 2026

Celebrating 100 Years of Ora et Labora / 100 años de Ora y Trabaja

Español January 25, 2026

Historia de un Santo: San Tomás de Aquino

Español January 22, 2026

Arzobispo de Minnesota pide una ‘reforma migratoria integral ya’ en medio de la ‘batalla’ en las calles

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