The Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis will be reconsecrated before Holy Mass resumes.

The announcement was made by the Most Reverend Bernard Hebda, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, in a statement to OSV News. He said: “The Church does make provision” for reconsecrating a church when it has been desecrated. He added: “I’ve never had to do that, but I think it will be an important time. Here, where the church is still a crime scene and where there’s been substantial destruction, I think it’s probably going to be a while before we’re able to do that.”