They wanted to keep the 27-student St. Joseph School from closing. And they had a plan. “We just lost steam along the way.” ...

A special mass was held at the newly-renovated St. Joseph Catholic Church in downtown St. Joseph Thursday. Bishop Edward M. Lohse, of the Kalamazoo Diocese, blessed the more than 100-year-old building ...

Fr. Stephen Hansen of the Cathedral of St. Joseph said Pope Francis will be remembered as "the Pope of Mercy." ...