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Nurses who are on strike hold signs in support of the community following a shooting and fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in front of Henry Ford Genesys Hospital on Sept. 29, 2025, in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

Shooting at LDS church in Michigan prompts Catholic solidarity, prayers

Sep 29, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Multiple U.S. Catholic bishops offered prayers and expressed their solidarity after a gunman attacked a Church of Jesus Christ of... Read more

The Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, announced on June 29, 2025, a restructuring plan that will merge parishes in the face of a priest shortage.

Crippling priest shortage leads to restructuring of Grand Rapids Diocese

Jul 10, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has had just one ordination to the priesthood in the last two years and... Read more

Michigan diocese supports priest accused of LGBT Eucharist 'discrimination'

Nov 27, 2019

A Michigan diocese said it supports a priest who told a parishioner that because of her same-sex civil marriage, she... Read more

In opioid-hit west Michigan, Catholic Charities plans to open detox center

Oct 31, 2019

By Jonah McKeown

Catholic Charities West Michigan has announced plans to build a $4.5 million detox center, expected to serve 700 people a... Read more