2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (941+ words) Drawing on his formal agricultural education and the wisdom of his Indigenous elders, Haslett-Marroquin’s approach to farming has brought together an unlikely network of Midwesterners dedicated to caring for the Earth for spiritual reasons. They include Lakota tribal members, former…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (600+ words) Vice President JD Vance said in a podcast released Tuesday that if a 2024 assassination attempt had killed Donald Trump, he would have always wondered if it was part of a conspiracy and might not have accepted even another Republican as…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (656+ words) A Dakota County city of nearly 80,000 residents is set to welcome its second mosque in less than a year. The Al Hadi Association, an independent nonprofit Islamic organization, was given the green light Monday night by the Lakeville City Council…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1037+ words) After a two-year process, the Diocese of Duluth awaits word from the Vatican on whether Monsignor Joseph Buh — a Slovenian immigrant to the region — could be Minnesota’s first saint, and the nation’s 12th. In Duluth, the body of the union founder,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (481+ words) One of four priests consecrated as bishops Wednesday against the will of Pope Leo XIV was the Rev. Michael Goldade, a Williston, N.D., native who was ordained in Winona, Minn., in 2004. The ordination in Switzerland represented a major act of defiance…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (447+ words) By JOEAL CALUPITIAN, AARON FAVILA and MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ The Taong Putik, or Mud People, festival is held annually in this village in Asia’s largest Catholic nation as devotees thank the local patron saint for miracles and fulfill vows made…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (79+ words) Pioneer Press The amendment would tighten existing restrictions in the Southern Baptist Convention, which already has a faith statement opposing women pastors. The vote at the annual meeting was 6,028 to 2,026 — a 3-to-1 margin — which easily exceeded the required two-thirds majority. It…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (311+ words) Church representatives in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination are also slated to elect a new leader and vote on a raft of resolutions ranging from immigration to antisemitism. This will be the fourth year in a row that messengers, as…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1084+ words) When Southern Baptists gather Tuesday in Florida for their annual meeting, they’ll debate for the fourth year in a row whether to formally ban churches with a woman serving in any role resembling that of pastor — not just the top…...