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Jackie Flavin, mother of Harper Moyski, who died in the Aug. 27, 2025, shooting at Annunciation church in south Minneapolis, looks at desks she set up Feb. 23, 2026, in honor of Harper and another Annunciation student, Fletcher Merkel, who also died in the shooting. Flavin and other Annunciation volunteers set up those two desks plus others outside to signify children who have died by gun violence in Minnesota since 2021. They are part of an organization of parents called Annunciation Light Alliance, which is lobbying to protect children from gun violence. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

Empty school desks on Minnesota Capitol grounds signify children lost to gun violence

Joe Ruff|Feb 25, 2026|5 Min Read

Auxiliary Bishop Kevin T. Kenney of St. Paul and Minneapolis, wearing a poncho with the colors of the Mexican flag, sings "Sancta Maria" during an impromptu prayer service Dec. 12, 2025, outside the B.H. Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling in the Twin Cities after a member of the local Catholic community was detained by officers with Immigration and Customers Enforcement. (OSV News photo/Josh McGovern, The Catholic Spirit)

Minnesota bishop leads prayer service after ICE detention of parent of Catholic school student

OSV News|Dec 13, 2025|3 Min Read

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis leads an interfaith prayer service at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis Aug. 28, 2025, following a shooting the previous day at Annunciation Catholic Church. A shooter opened fire Aug. 27 through the windows of the church adjacent to Annunciation Catholic School and struck children attending an all-school Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 21 others. (OSV News photo/Tim Evans, Reuters)

Archbishop performs rite of reparation at Annunciation Catholic Church after shooting

Catholic News Agency|Dec 9, 2025|3 Min Read

First responders block the crime scene following a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis Aug. 27, 2025. The Richfield Police Department is reporting there are up to 20 victims and the shooter is dead. (OSV News photo/Tim Evans, Reuters)

Pope Leo sends prayers after deadly shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school

Maria Wiering|Aug 27, 2025|7 Min Read

A hemp plant is seen in this silhouette. (CNS photo/Stelios Misinas, Reuters)

Minn. bishops call on Catholics 'not to engage in, support or profit from' recreational marijuana

Gina Christian|Jul 8, 2024|5 Min Read

Minnesota

Minnesota doctors, people with disabilities, pro-life leaders oppose assisted suicide bill

OSV News|Feb 28, 2024|6 Min Read

People on both sides of the abortion issue express their views at the State Capitol in St. Paul Jan. 27, 2023, as members of the Minnesota Senate debated a bill that would place a right to abortion into state law. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, Catholic Spirit)

Over Catholic protests, Minnesota lawmakers enact right to abortion law

OSV News|Jan 31, 2023|5 Min Read

Displays of a cross and the risen Christ are seen Nov. 1, 2022, at Calvary Cemetery in Rochester, Minn., after they were desecrated by vandals Halloween night. Graves also were damaged by the vandalism, which included "hateful and obscene graffiti," said Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester. (CNS photo/courtesy KTTC-TV)

Minnesota bishop expresses outrage over desecration at Catholic cemetery

Catholic News Service|Nov 3, 2022|2 Min Read

Women's Life Care Center in Little Canada, Minn., is seen in this undated photo. The pro-life pregnancy center offers a full range of services for women in unplanned pregnancies. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

Pro-life leaders criticize attorney general's pregnancy center alert

Catholic News Service|Aug 29, 2022|4 Min Read

Bishop Chad W. Zielinski of Fairbanks, Alaska, is seen in this 2019 file photo. Pope Francis appointed him to head the Diocese of New Ulm, Minn., July 12, 2022. Bishop Zielinski will succeed Bishop John M. LeVoir, who resigned Aug. 6, 2020, after heading the diocese for 12 years. Bishop LeVoir was 74 and just a few months shy of 75, the age when bishops are required by canon law to turn in their resignation to the pope. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Pope names Fairbanks, Alaska, bishop to head Diocese of New Ulm, Minn.

Catholic News Service|Jul 13, 2022|5 Min Read

Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis is seen in this undated photo. Pope Francis appointed him to head the Diocese of Crookston, Minn., Oct. 18, 2021, with his installation Mass scheduled for Dec. 6. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

Pope Francis names USCCB evangelization chair as new bishop of Crookston diocese

Catholic News Agency|Oct 18, 2021|3 Min Read

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge June 25, 2021, as he awaited his sentence for murder in the death of Floyd in Minneapolis. Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison. (CNS photo/Pool via Reuters)

Minneapolis archbishop prays for peace following sentencing of Derek Chauvin

Catholic News Agency|Jun 27, 2021|3 Min Read

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