A controversy erupted in 2021 when Bp. Richard Pates (Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Crookston, MN) told a small group from the Crookston Diocese that Abp. Bernard Hebda, head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, sent him to attend an assembly of the notoriously dissident Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP). The … Read more
Your browser does not support the video tag. Cynthia Bailey Manns, one of the original members of the Lay Advisory Board that advises Archbishop Bernard Hebda and adult learning director at St. Joan of Arc in Minneapolis, is one of 10 non-bishop voting delegates chosen by Pope Francis to represent the North American region … Read more
Last week, Governor Tim Walz signed three bills into law making Minnesota a legal refuge for abortion and transgender mutilations. The bills were only able to be passed with the help of 13 ‘Catholic’ lawmakers (see table at bottom of page). Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas responded to the news about Walz’s signing of the … Read more
Alpha News reports: Thirteen Catholics, all Democrats, voted for the “Protect Reproductive Options” Act in the Minnesota Legislature. The bill will place into Minnesota law a “fundamental right” to abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, via any method and for any reason, with no age restrictions. The bill doesn’t just apply to abortion. It … Read more
A new report from the Lepanto Institute proves that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is providing a third consecutive grant to an organization that advocates for abortion access to women in prison. In 2020, the Lepanto Institute sent a detailed report to the Catholic bishops of the United States proving that the Catholic … Read more
A “Rosary of Reparation” rally, sponsored by the Lepanto Institute and Catholic Parents Online, was held on June 22 and 23 in front of the DoubleTree Hotel South in Bloomington, MN, in protest of the 2021 Annual Assembly of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP). The Rosary rally was conducted in response to the … Read more
By supporting same-sex civil unions, Pope Francis, Archbishop Hebda, and others also condemn children to unhappy lives of deprivation. Following Pope Francis’s pronouncement in a just-premiered documentary seemingly supporting the legalization of same-sex civil unions, a U.S. archbishop has added his support in order to “reverence the dignity of those in same-sex relationships.” Archbishop Bernard … Read more
Another plain-talking priest is being thrown under the bus for an outspoken homily. In an official statement Tuesday, Abp. Bernard A. Hebda of the St. Paul and Minneapolis diocese chastised Fr. Robert Altier for questioning the COVID-19 narrative. In his Sept. 5 sermon, “Coronavirus: The Truth Revealed,” Fr. Altier, parochial vicar of the Church of St. Raphael in Crystal, Minnesota, suggested people are being lied … Read more
UPDATE from Fr. Z: A priest friend of mine in the Archdiocese just informed me that this sacrilegious farce was shut down. Thanks be to God. I’ll leave the post, however, as a record of their nuttiness and as a warning to other parishes. Do sacrilegious things and you will be exposed. Please, dear … Read more
Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis publicly rebuked one of his priests for criticizing Islam during a recent homily. Hebda said in a statement issued Wednesday night that Fr. Nick VanDenBroeke had “expressed sorrow for his words and an openness to seeing more clearly the Church’s position on our relationship … Read more