The leader of the USCCB has commended the move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith.

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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 ...

Estonia, along with fellow Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania, is preparing finally to rid itself of one of the last vestiges ...

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.