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Religious exemptions pose new challenges to COVID vaccine mandates
As employer mandates grow, rising number seek religious exemptions.
COVID-19 has changed the way we worship, faith leaders say
Adaptations such as Zoom services and digital donations are here to stay.
Kenneth Schoen, national leader in criminal justice reform, dies
A tribute posted on the Minnesota Department of Corrections Facebook page called him "The Father of Community Corrections."
Pope's crackdown on Latin masses draws mixed response among Minnesota Catholics
The phenomena has developed in few nations besides the United States, said one scholar, who called Francis' order the most significant of his papacy.
3 pastors leave Minneapolis megachurch amid 'painful and confusing moment'
The tensions at Bethlehem reflect the fractures rocking the nation's evangelical Christian community amid racial reckoning and the MeToo movement.
'Angels Unawares' sculpture, commissioned by Pope Francis, arrives at Basilica of St. Mary
Dramatic life-size sculpture depicts immigrant experience, with life-size men, women and children packed into an boat. A pair of angel wings rise above the group.
'Angels Unawares' sculpture, commissioned by Pope Francis, arrives at Basilica of St. Mary
Dramatic life-size sculpture depicts immigrant experience, with life-size men, women and children packed into an boat. A pair of angel wings rise above the group.
Minnesota's last survivor of Holocaust children's rescue offers lesson in history
Benno Black boarded a train 82 years ago to an unknown future.
Minnesota's last survivor of Holocaust children's rescue offers lesson in history
Benno Black boarded a train 82 years ago to an unknown future.
Historic northeast Mpls. church gutted by fire holding fundraiser for demolition
The congregation hopes its fundraiser Saturday will cover the cost of demolition and provide seed money for the future.