On February 2, 1926, St. Mary Church in Minneapolis became the first American church to be designated a basilica. More
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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
Obits:
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
New book K. Schultz, Tri-Faith America: How Catholics and Jews Held Postwar America to Its Protestant Promise
Conferences on Vatican II Fifty-Year Anniversary:
... "Vatican II Reconsidered," Walsh U., May 2012