WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Chairmen of several U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees wrote in a letter to key House lawmakers that they support a bill that would establish an effort …
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Films tell story of African American Catholics’ legacy, church’s ministry to Native Americans
by Kurt Jensenby Kurt JensenWhile both films acknowledge the long, ugly history of American racial prejudice — tough to cover in a short documentary — they also maintain a tightly efficient look at evangelization …
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Archbishop Coakley celebrates annual Native American Mass at Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsOKLAHOMA CITY (OSV News) — Facing east toward the altar of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, Deacon Roy Callison burned cedar as his wife, Susan, recited the first of the …
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Supreme Court rejects Indigenous coalition’s appeal over mine’s threat to sacred site
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonOak Flat — about 70 miles outside of Phoenix — is considered a sacred site by the region’s Indigenous peoples and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Washington Roundup: Biden talks love of country; high court asked to hear religious liberty claim
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — This week in Washington, President Joe Biden pledged a peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Donald Trump in January, reminding Americans, “You can’t love your country …
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Washington roundup: Harris, Trump tied; Biden’s apology to Indigenous; religious liberty in focus
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a dead heat in the final stretch of the campaign, a new poll found. Republican …
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Native Americans gather in North Carolina to celebrate Catholic faith, traditional culture
by NC Catholicsby NC CatholicsRALEIGH, N.C. (OSV News) — The Tekakwitha Conference “is the world’s largest gathering of Catholic, Native Americans,” said Jody Roy of Chicago, who was in Raleigh to attend the 85th …
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(OSV News) — An Indigenous image of Jesus Christ by an acclaimed iconographer has been removed from a New Mexico church for unspecified reasons, days after the U.S. bishops approved …
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OSV News) — The final day of the U.S. bishops’ June 12-14 Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville seemed poised to be routine with votes on pastoral frameworks and …
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(OSV News) — Liturgical texts, Indigenous Catholics, youth and young adults — along with funding for a decades-long anti-poverty effort — are under discussion when the nation’s Catholic bishops convene …
