Jean Hopfensperger

The phenomena has developed in few nations besides the United States, said one scholar, who called Francis’ order the most significant of his papacy.

The congregation hopes its fundraiser Saturday will cover the cost of demolition and provide seed money for the future.

Issue of abortion underlies communion controversy and calls to draft document.

Bishop is first in U.S. disciplined under new Vatican policies.

University officials said they plan to strengthen sexual behavior protocols.

Black pastors say seminary leaders undid progress.

Women describe decades of sexual misconduct by church musician.

But the Rev. Robert Altier still insists the pandemic is a “lie.″

The Rev. John LeVoir oversaw the diocese during sexual abuse lawsuits and bankruptcy.

Attending services doesn’t protect against isolation, survey of youth ages 13-25 finds.

That’s just one of several reasons why this Ramadan celebration is unlike any past one in the Twin Cities.

Every major Christian denomination in Minnesota now has suspended in-person worship, leaving faith leaders scrambling for alternatives.

Leader at state’s largest megachurch retired Sunday, marking the end of era.

“We’re not trying to make everyone a Democrat, just to vote for one this time,” the Rev. Doug Pagitt says.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has become the first North American denomination to declare itself a sanctuary church, committed to supporting and sheltering migrants entering the country.

A new program seeks to certify Muslim chaplains.

The Evangelical Covenant Church voted to evict the Rev. Dan Collison, and expel Collison’s First Covenant Church in Minneapolis, in a conflict over LGBT inclusion and same-sex marriage.

Nearly 500 may lose homes as a decades-old Christian commune in St. Paul seeks bankruptcy protection in court.

A local author, lecturer and reverend began scouring the Bible three years ago to do something that apparently had never been done: the cataloging of every word uttered by every woman in the more than 2,000-year-old holy book.

Mobile meals program fits niche in low-income neighborhoods.