• Vatican confirms pope will visit Indigenous in Canada in late July
    May 19, 2022
    by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
    VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will meet members of Canada's Indigenous communities in late July, visiting the cities of Edmonton, Quebec and Iqaluit in Nunavut, the country's most northern region.
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  • Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women holds biennial convention
    Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women holds biennial convention
    May 19, 2022
    by Mary Ann Schmitt, ACCW secretary
    The Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women held their 21st Biennial Convention “Women of Faith and Vision 2022” on April 30 at the Catholic Pastoral Center. 
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  • Conception Seminary College announces Spring 2022 Dean's List
    May 19, 2022
    CONCEPTION, Mo. – The Office of the Registrar at Conception Seminary College, in Conception, Mo., announced the students named to the Dean’s List for the 2022 spring semester.
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  • Statement of USCCB on shootings in Buffalo, Laguna Woods
    May 19, 2022
    WASHINGTON – In response to the shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Laguna Woods, Calif., over the weekend, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops offered the following statement from its spokesperson, Chieko Noguchi, director of public affairs.
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  • Buffalo bishop condemns racist attack
    May 19, 2022
    “In what unfortunately has become an all too common occurrence in this country has now shown its abhorrently evil face in Buffalo as we have now learned that 10 innocent souls have lost their lives here.
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  • Report identifies abuses of Native American children in boarding schools
    Report identifies abuses of Native American children in boarding schools
    May 12, 2022
    by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service
    WASHINGTON (CNS) — Hundreds of boarding schools supported by the U.S. government for 150 years sought to forcefully assimilate Native American and Indigenous children into white society, a first-of-its-kind report from the Interior Department said.
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  • Carmelite priest’s miracle is touching hearts and souls around the world
    Carmelite priest’s miracle is touching hearts and souls around the world
    May 12, 2022
    by Linda Reeves, Catholic News Service
    BOCA RATON, Fla. (CNS) — When Carmelite Father Michael Driscoll was a young man 50 years ago, he started reading and collecting articles about Father Titus Brandsma, one of Netherlands’ leading churchmen.
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  • Dutch priest proposed as patron saint of journalists
    Dutch priest proposed as patron saint of journalists
    May 12, 2022
    by Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service
    VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Among the 10 men and women Pope Francis will proclaim as the Catholic Church’s newest saints is a Dutch priest and journalist who stood his ground against Nazi ideology and paid for it with his life.
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  • Religious orders launch initiative to care for sisters with dementia
    Religious orders launch initiative to care for sisters with dementia
    May 12, 2022
    by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
    ROME (CNS) — Having a member over 100 years old is not unusual today for orders of Catholic women religious, but many orders do not have the specialized knowledge or resources to ensure an accurate diagnosis and the best possible plan of care for sisters experiencing dementia or other forms of cognitive impairment, several sisters said.
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  • Preparándonos para la realidad del caso Dobbs
    May 10, 2022
    by Arzobispo Pablo S. Coakley
    El frenesí causado por la filtración del borrador de la opinión del Juez Alito que anticipa una decisión en el caso Dobbs, y que podría revertir la famosa resolución de Roe vs. Wade, ha sido discordante.
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  • Preparing for a Dobbs reality
    May 10, 2022
    by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley
    The frenzy following the leak of Justice Alito’s draft opinion that the anticipated Dobbs decision by the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade has been jarring
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  • Archbishop Coakley expresses gratitude for restoration of regulatory provisions
    May 6, 2022
    by USCCB
    Archbishop Coakley expresses gratitude for restoration of regulatory provisions for National Environmental Policy Act
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  • Declaración del arzobispo Coakley sobre el proyecto de opinión mayoritaria del caso Dobbs
    Declaración del arzobispo Coakley sobre el proyecto de opinión mayoritaria del caso Dobbs
    May 5, 2022
    by Arzobispo Pablo S. Coakley
    -- Su Excelencia Reverendísimo Paul S. Coakley, arzobispo de la ciudad de Oklahoma
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  • Las Parroquias del Sagrado Corazón y de los Santos Ángeles se convertirán en una sola
    Las Parroquias del Sagrado Corazón y de los Santos Ángeles se convertirán en una sola
    May 5, 2022
    Las Parroquias del Sagrado Corazón y de los Santos Ángeles se convertirán en una sola y realizarán su ministerio en las instalaciones del Santuario al beato Stanley Rother. 
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  • Statement from Archbishop Coakley on the Dobbs case draft majority opinion
    Statement from Archbishop Coakley on the Dobbs case draft majority opinion
    May 5, 2022
    by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley
    -- Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma City
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  • Sacred Heart, Holy Angels parishes to merge on Rother Shrine campus
    Sacred Heart, Holy Angels parishes to merge on Rother Shrine campus
    May 5, 2022
    Shrine to accommodate growing parishes with 2,000-seat church
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  • Domingo de Buen Pastor
    May 5, 2022
    by Arzobispo Pablo S. Coakley
    “El pastor no huye a la primera señal de peligro”. Estas palabras del beato Stanley Rother nos ofrecen un buen resumen del mensaje del Domingo del Buen Pastor que la Iglesia observa cada año en el cuarto Domingo de Pascua.
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  • Good Shepherd Sunday
    May 5, 2022
    by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley
    “The shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger.” These words of Blessed Stanley Rother provide a good summary of the theme for Good Shepherd Sunday that the Church observes each year on the Fourth Sunday of Easter. 
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  • “She is humble of heart and filled with love for family, God”
    “She is humble of heart and filled with love for family, God”
    May 5, 2022
    by Charles Albert, the Sooner Catholic. 
    Mother’s Day May 8
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  • What does your priest mean to you?
    What does your priest mean to you?
    May 5, 2022
    For Priest Appreciation Week, the Sooner Catholic asked parishioners to share what their priests mean to them and their families. Here is what they said:
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