Faith

The possible plan could impact President Joe Biden, among other Catholic political figures. The Vatican is calling for U.S. bishops to reach a consensus and says any such move could sow division.

Megan Rohrer, a pastor in San Francisco, will serve as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Sierra Pacific synod, which includes congregations across Northern California and Nevada.

A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the country's deadliest civilian disasters.

Police say a tip from staff at a local store led investigators to a 22-year-old Moorhead man, who was booked Tuesday night on suspicion of felony harassment and criminal damage to property.

Minnesota artist Mark Balma is drawing on ancient techniques to create three huge frescoes for a church in Italy. He planned to do the work on site, but the pandemic intervened. As he faced a modern challenge, he turned to an approach developed more than 2,000 years ago.

Members of the Fargo-Moorhead area turned out with brushes, chemicals and power washers to help clean a mosque that was spray-painted with derogatory terms and hate speech. The vandalism was discovered Sunday morning on the outside of the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Community Center.

In 2019 the PreachersNSneakers Instagram account started calling attention to famous preachers and their designer clothes. Ben Kirby, the no-longer anonymous person behind the account, has a new book.

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael Hoeppner and named a temporary replacement to run the Crookston, Minn., diocese, the Holy See said in a statement. Hoeppner is 71, four years shy of the normal retirement age for bishops.

After a long, challenging year, the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine has brought hope to many in Minnesota and around the globe. Islamic leaders pushed to get the vaccine to as many Muslims as possible before the start of Ramadan, with vaccination clinics planned at mosques in the Twin Cities, Rochester and St. Cloud.

From America Abroad Media, The Muhammad Ali Center and PRX, “The Universal Title” is a one-hour special on Muhammad Ali’s spiritual journey from Christianity to Islam — And what really made him “The Greatest.”