Religion and Faith

May 8, 2009 3:00 AM

Family lands in court over son's cancer treatment

The south central Minnesota family says they are following their religion by using alternative medicine, rather than chemotherapy, to treat their son's Hodgkin's lymphoma.

by Sea Stachura

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May 7, 2009 4:44 AM

New bishop formally appointed for Winona diocese

Pope Benedict XVI has formally appointed Bishop John Quinn to lead the Catholic Diocese of Winona.

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May 4, 2009 9:11 AM

Minnesota same-sex couples to be wed in Iowa today

Ten same-sex couples from Minnesota are heading to Iowa where they hope to get married today.

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April 23, 2009 12:13 PM

Midmorning Weekend: Memoirs

Midmorning Weekend revisits some of the best recent conversations from the daily call-in program.

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April 21, 2009 10:22 AM

Two survivors tell their stories on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Two girls, Sabina Zimering and Lucy Smith, hid from the Nazis in Poland during World War II. They survived the Holocaust and live in Minnesota today. Zimering wrote her story in the book, "Hiding in the Open." Both women were interviewed by MPR's Dan Olson for the "Voices of Minnesota" series.

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April 15, 2009 3:00 PM

Phone calls from missing Somalis send mixed messages

When the first group of young Somali men disappeared from Minneapolis back in 2007, they weren't on the FBI's radar yet. In phone calls back to their Minnesota friends, they appeared homesick and disillusioned.

by Sasha Aslanian and Laura Yuen

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April 10, 2009 3:00 PM

Archbishop Nienstedt joins anti-abortion demonstration

Hundreds of demonstrators were outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul Friday morning for an annual Good Friday demonstration protesting legalized abortion.

by Tim Nelson

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April 8, 2009 1:35 PM

Catholic leaders don't want priest list released

A judge in St. Paul is considering arguments that the names of about a dozen Roman Catholic priests accused in church files of sexual misconduct should remain private.

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April 3, 2009 5:00 PM

Joseph Boyden writes about native dichotomy

Joseph Boyden just won Canada's top literary prize for his book "Through Black Spruce." It's the story of a Cree family in Northern Ontario, but it demonstrates how modern native life includes many worlds.

by Euan Kerr