The U.S. Catholic bishops have released a national prayer service text commemorating its immigrants and refugees, as well as those trafficked into slavery.
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
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“I don’t know if it’s a particular devotion to her as a saint, but she represents, for the church, the church’s embrace of immigrants.”
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A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, will be put in a public park on Chicago’s Near West Side. It will replace a Christopher Columbus statue …
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On the feast of the patron saint of immigrants, a coalition of Catholic organizations held a second wave of prayer vigils across the country Nov. 13 for what organizers called …
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Named after St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants and the first U.S. citizen to be canonized, the pledge was launched “as a reminder of our Church and nation’s …
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CHICAGO (OSV News) — On the 175th anniversary of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s birth July 15, the sisters of the order she founded continue on with her tireless work of service …
