While other manifestations of Mary claim at most a region or country, Guadalupe is the only one to reign over two continents.
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The best way to teach your kids about the faith? Start with the family.
Can changes to religious education reduce the exodus of young adult Catholics?
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An American Martyr
Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of the Rev. Stanley Rother of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, making him the first martyr born in the United States and clearing the way for his beatification. The Vatican made the announcement on Dec. 2. Father Rother, born March 27, 1935, on his family&r
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Catholic Charities just opened an immigrant relief center in the Rio Grande Valley
“God asked the church especially to be a sign of his love by continuing to open up a space where our service to one another can be manifested,” Bishop Daniel E. Flores said.
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So what’s the Benedict Option really about, retreat or re-engagement?
If we think the Benedict Option is going to be easier than the messy reality of modern parish life, we have not yet seen it clearly.
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Victim advocates are wary of new priest abuse victims program.
The New York archdiocese’s program lets people take claims to a noted outside mediator while keeping painful details private.
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Why has Chicago failed to honor the grave of Emmet Till?
After one of my own teenage students was murdered, Emmett Till’s grave became a place of occasional pilgrimage for me.
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USCCB leaders call for special day of prayer for migrants and refugees
“So many families are wondering how changes to immigration policy might impact them,” said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles.
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Jesuit college and university presidents make a pre-emptive defense of DACA ‘dreamers’
The Jesuit presidents wrote they are called “to embrace the entire human family, regardless of their immigration status or religious allegiance.”
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Miami’s archbishop prays for Catholics in Cuba who had to hide their faith
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski remembered the former leader of Cuba and prayed for peace.