Religion and Faith

February 10, 2020 6:00 AM

Three congregations, three languages, one church service

Voices of singing congregants lifted and echoed through the sanctuary at St. Paul's Mounds Park United Methodist Church on a recent Sunday. But on this day, for this service, with this hymn, there was something different.

by Emily Bright

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February 4, 2020 4:35 PM

Catholic Church orders more inquiry into Minnesota bishop

Roman Catholic Church leaders in Rome have authorized more investigation into claims that a northern Minnesota bishop interfered with earlier investigations into clerical sexual misconduct with children.

by The Associated Press

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January 31, 2020 4:03 PM

Controversial Cottage Grove church one of many hitting restart

Recently, The Grove United Methodist Church outside St. Paul said it “made the news for all the wrong reasons.” Pastors say the church closure has to do with mission, not age. And it’s not unusual: Closing a church to reopen another in its place is called a “restart.”

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January 30, 2020 5:28 PM

Minnesota native Rev. Herbert Chilstrom, first bishop of ELCA, dies at 88

Former Bishop Rev. Herbert Chilstrom is being remembered for helping to merge Lutheran churches and for his commitment to tolerance. Chilstrom died Jan. 19 at his home in Arizona.

by Jon Collins

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January 30, 2020 9:26 AM

Forest Lake church to build tiny homes for the homeless on its property

Members of Faith Lutheran Church are embarking on an unusual project to address homelessness. They've decided to build tiny homes, about a dozen of them, on church property. They're calling the project "sacred settlement."

by Cathy Wurzer

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January 29, 2020 4:12 PM

In sermon, Minnesota pastor calls Muslims a 'threat'

In a homily earlier this month, the Rev. Nick VanDenBroeke called Islam "the greatest threat to Christianity and America" and said that Catholics should oppose Muslim immigration. The pastor apologized, saying his comments were “not fully reflective of the Catholic Church’s teaching on Islam.”

by The Associated Press

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January 27, 2020 11:06 AM

Minnesota protesters slam India’s new citizenship law as biased against Muslims

Some 400 people filled the Minnesota Capitol rotunda Sunday, calling on India’s government to end policies they say will take away the citizenship of many Muslims in India, and calling for Congress to apply pressure.

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January 26, 2020 12:00 PM

'Our democracy is in danger': Muslims in India say police target them with violence

Dozens of Indians, most of them Muslim, have been killed by police in weeks of nationwide protests against a new citizenship law. Their families believe they were singled out because of their faith.

by Lauren Frayer

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January 22, 2020 6:14 AM

Supreme Court considers religious schools case

For the first time, the high court will rule on "no-aid" state constitutional provisions that conservative religious groups and school-choice advocates have long sought to invalidate.

by Nina Totenberg

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January 20, 2020 12:00 PM

Struggling Cottage Grove church aims to relaunch to attract new members

Grove United Methodist Church in Cottage Grove is closing in June, with plans to relaunch in November. The present members, most of them over 60 years old, will be invited to worship elsewhere, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. But the lead pastor told MPR News they are not asking older members to leave the congregation.

by The Associated Press

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