catholic church

Saint Benedict’s Monastery will soon have a new spiritual leader at the helm.

A Minnesota priest recently tapped by Pope Francis to be made a bishop for a Minnesota diocese has resigned after an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor surfaced before he could take up his post.

Two names have been added to the Diocese of St. Cloud's list of clergy likely to have abused minors.

Getting the new Catholic School District off on the right foot, that's the job of Kevin Powers.

The Vatican has set guidelines for Catholics who want to be cremated. It says remains cannot be scattered, divvied up, or kept at home but rather need to be stored in a sacred, church-approved place.

A bookkeeper has pleaded not guilty to charges that she stole nearly $200,000 from a Catholic church and school in Albert Lea.

A Minnesota prosecutor says he won't file criminal charges in seven cases of alleged sexual misconduct involving eight Catholic priests, but St. Paul police are investigating three other cases.

Archbishop John Nienstedt says Catholic bishops have failed in their response to the clergy-abuse crisis.

A story making national headlines this week caught the attention of a retired Catholic priest in St. Cloud. Barbara Johnson was refused Communion at her mother's funeral in Washington, D.C. last Saturday, because she's a lesbian.

Catholic officials in St. Cloud will hold a listening session this weekend to address allegations that a former deacon sexually abused at least two boys some 40 years ago.