The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has opened a website detailing the life, as well as steps toward sainthood, of Father Stanley Rother.
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Why more than 4,000 religious leaders are writing President Trump and Congress
A group of more than 4,000 religious sisters and clergy, including priests, brothers and deacons, sent a letter to every U.S. senator, member of Congress and President Donald Trump.
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Georgetown will rename buildings to honor a slave and black teacher as university grapples with its dark history
Mulledy Hall at Georgetown will be renamed after Isaac Hawkins, the first enslaved person listed in the sale documents.
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How the American Catholic Church plans to engage the growing Latino community
The church hopes to produce more involvement in the church of its second largest and fastest growing community.
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Sec. of State Tillerson meets with Bishop Cantu to discuss immigration, the Middle East and Africa
Bishop Cantu said the meeting was to let Tillerson know “that our only motive is to help build the common good, that we don’t have ulterior motives.”
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Martyred Oklahoma priest’s beatification scheduled for September
Father Stanley Rother, a North American priest who worked in Guatemala and was brutally murdered there in 1981, will be beatified on Sept. 23 in Oklahoma.
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How the U.S. bishops are speaking out and standing up for immigrants
Catholic Church leaders in the U.S. spent the week of March 6-10 trying to allay fears and urging compassion.
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El Salvador holds hope for its saint in waiting, Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande
In El Salvador, there is a yearning that the intercession of Blessed Oscar Romero will help the beatification cause of his martyred Jesuit friend, Father Rutilio Grande.
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Before Trump’s inauguration, Catholic communities are praying for immigrants
At least one community said it will declare sanctuary status for itself.
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These nuns are gathering before Donald Trump’s inauguration to pray for peace
Sister Rita Petruziello said she could feel the contention and nastiness in the air during the presidential election campaign of the last year