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.

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.

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.

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.

-- Su Excelencia Reverendísimo Paul S. Coakley, arzobispo de la ciudad de Oklahoma

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. 

-- Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma City

Shrine to accommodate growing parishes with 2,000-seat church

Mother’s Day May 8

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:

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City released statistics on an AI-based texting platform that provides immediate access to mental health support through a chatbot named “Hope.”

The northeastern Oklahoma town of Vinita had a Catholic presence as early as 1867 due to railroad workers building the Katy (the north-south line) and the Frisco (east -west), and were attended by Jesuits from Missouri. A more solid foundation was attained with the arrival of Father William Ketchem who was based out of Muskogee, but whose parish was basically a quarter of the state.