The mission’s founder, an energetic Italian Jesuit named Eusebio Francisco Kino, established several missionary locations in what is now Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona, including San Xavier del Bac in 1692, near the village of Wa:k.
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10 years after the financial crisis, how Catholics can rebuild broken solidarity
The Catholic Church has not been quick or consistent in empowering people to address the harmful effects of the new global economy.
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Meet the team breaking new ground in filmmaking (and fundraising) to bring Jesus’ beatitudes to life
“8beats,” the brainchild of the Catholic Creatives, is an ambitious new project: a cinematic anthology on the beatitudes.
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The rise and fall of the socially conscious sitcom, from “All in the Family” to “Roseanne”
Fifty years ago, U.S. television began to reflect the political debates going on in our homes. But genuine differences may be to hot to handle in the Age of Trump.
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‘Animal Farm’ and the great American myth machine
As things stand, we are all equal, but some of us are more equal than others.
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The 2018 V.M.A.s, brought to you by Pepsi and angst
“There’s so many people looking,” said a girl in a backwards baseball cap, “but there’s no one to see.”
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The humiliation (and humility) of Hannah Gadsby
With her appeal to emotion, Gadsby reminds audiences to see the vulnerable, resilient human being behind the humiliated stand-up comic.
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Rediscovering the Bible via iPhone apps
I probably wouldn’t be reading the Bible as regularly or as attentively without the help of Streetlights Bible and Our Bible.
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John Mulaney: the Jesuit grad whose comedy is crossing divides
John Mulaney freely admits that he needs to be liked by everyone.
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How Flannery O’Connor found her art—and her God—in letters
Letter writing is a genre O’Connor would master after she was diagnosed with lupus and exiled to her mother’s farm.