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On August 18, 1792, Fr. Demetrius Gallitzin embarked for America. More

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One hundred years ago this June, Pope Pius X issued Sapienti Consilio, ending the United States’ status as a missionary territory under the jurisdiction of the Propaganda Fide. The Church in the United States had passed from childhood to maturity, thanks in large measure to the extraordinary labors of the missionaries who tamed America’s religious wilderness. More

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Catholic History NewsVatican approves new Mass translation

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New York museum features Catholics in New York

Chicago History Museum features Catholic Chicago

Sr. Joan Bland, dead at 90

New book P. Carey, Catholics in America: A History

New book R. Ellsberg, The Duty of Delight. The Diaries of Dorothy Day 

Diocesan bicentennials underway...

...Bardstown/Louisville

...Boston

...Philadelphia

,,,New York

...Baltimore

New book N. Schneider, Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter: His Life and Times

New book C. Thomas, My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir

Anti-popery conference, Philadelphia, 9/08