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Unpacking Pope Francis’ headline-producing discussion with a Jesuit magazine

Pope Francis has named Father Andrew Cozzens, 45, associate professor at St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, Minnesota, as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

A house full of animated children of varying ages and their parents socialize briefly until it’s time to begin praying the rosary. Then, even the very little ones are quiet—mostly—and follow along; their voices filling the living room. It’s a Monday evening with the World Apostolate of Fatima prayer group composed of eight families from Bismarck and Mandan. They have met every Monday for the last ten years.

Groups in the Bismarck Diocese dedicated to Fatima have bought statues of Our Lady of Fatima and established a visiting statue program.

Dickinson couple finds hope after son dies during second trimester

Given the Catholic Church’s teaching that life begins at conception, many can become troubled after experiencing miscarriage.

Bismarck natives rally the pro-life cause across ND with colorful flag display

The North Dakota Catholic Conference, acting on behalf of Bishop David D. Kagan of Bismarck and Bishop John T. Folda of Fargo, filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the North Dakota Supreme Court in the case of MKB Management Corp. v. Burdick, urging the court to reverse a district court that found a right to an abortion in the state constitution.

From the moment he was introduced to the world as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, it quickly became clear that our dear Pope Francis does things a little differently.