On January 26, 1851, Joseph Crétin was consecrated as the first bishop of St. Paul. More

November is Native American Heritage Month, an appropriate time to take a look at the history of Catholicism among the indigenous peoples of the United States. More
Philadelphia to liquidate historic bishop's mansion
...Spotlight Archive: Bishops' Residences
Causes of Kateri, Marianne Cope advance
New book W. O'Rourke, The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left: 40th Anniversary Edition
New book J. Woods, A History of the Catholic Church in the American South, 1513-1900
McNamara, "Edgar Allen Poe and the Jesuits"
New book K. Schultz, Tri-Faith America: How Catholics and Jews Held Postwar America to Its Protestant Promise
New book T. Tweed, America's Church: The National Shrine and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capitol
Conferences on Vatican II Fifty-Year Anniversary:
... "Vatican II Reconsidered," Walsh U., May 2012