Under the tall prairie grass outside this southwestern Minnesota town lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried and carved into pipes essential to prayer and communication with the Creator. Only a dozen Dakota carvers remain.
Two congregations of Franciscan sisters — one in Iowa, the other in Minnesota — both preserved acres of their respective lands by establishing conservation easements. While motivations and the end result were the same, the congregations chose different paths.
Commentary: At the Mississippi headwaters in June, I joined hundreds who have been fighting to stop construction of the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. Indigenous women are at the forefront of this struggle to protect the water from potential oil spills.
Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner presided over a farewell Mass to the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, April 15, two days after Pope Francis accepted the bishop's resignation from pastoral governance of the northeast Minnesota diocese.
As the Line 3 pipeline cuts across the Fond du Lac reservation, treaty lands of other bands of Ojibwe and Mississippi River headwaters in northern Minnesota, the project has brought controversy and discord.
On Thursday faith groups called for governments and financial institutions to take 10 specific steps to accelerate action on climate change. More than 400 events were held in 42 countries as part of the multifaith day of action.
COVID-19 travel restrictions have stopped visits between parishes in "sister" or "twinning" relationships. Some are struggling with the disruption, while others are finding creative ways to manage it.
The Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, has reached a $21.5 million settlement with a creditors' committee representing 145 survivors of clergy sexual abuse, the diocese said in a Feb. 10 statement.
