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5 things you need to know about Blessed Stanley Rother
by Gretchen Siegel Denver Newsroom, Jul 28, 2021 / 06:00 am Not much is popularly known about Blessed Stanley Rother, the small town Oklahoma native who was declared blessed in September 2017 by the Catholic Church. One of the newest blesseds, he became a priest and missionary at a parish …
What the bishop of El Paso told the vice president on immigration
by Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Jun 25, 2021 / 15:31 pm The bishop of El Paso said the Church must work with the administration on issues that overlap, after attending an immigration roundtable with the vice president on Friday. Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso was one of a number …
Deacon Ordained in Guatemala
Father Bill Beuth, C.PP.S., sent this happy report from our Central American Mission: On December 3, the Feast of St. Francis Xavier, Lucas Tiul Coc, C.PP.S., was ordained a deacon in the parish of Santa Catalina Virgen y Martyr in La Tinta, Guatemala. He will now continue to minister there …
Martyred religious brother from Wisconsin farm family to be beatified in Guatemala
Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Dec 7, 2019 / 03:58 am (CNA).- The son of Wisconsin farmers, Brother James Miller, FSC, was beatified Saturday, 36 years after he was shot and killed while working with school children and the indigenous poor in the country. A graduate of St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota …
Update: Catholic groups urge humane treatment of migrants headed to border
IMAGE: CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — As a group from Central America heads to the border between the U.S. and Mexico, the Trump administration is said to be getting ready to send troops to meet them and Catholic groups are asking that the migrants be …