The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and oppression.

Calls of “Lord, have mercy,” rang out Sunday between East Conemaugh and Franklin boroughs as parishioners of St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church gathered ... the annual blessing was moved near the ...

-- On St. John the Baptist’s feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O’odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, where they gather to harvest saguaro fruit in a process sacred in ...

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I stood on a pee-wee football field, my skin the color of a fresh beet and close to blistering. Done so by the beams of a ...

Her feast day is Jan. 4. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), the first native-born United States citizen to be canonized, circa 1810s. Credit: Everett Collection/Shutterstock 2. St. John Neumann ...

Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful. Leo ...

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Pope Sixtus V later reestablished the feast in 1585, and it is still celebrated today, commemorating the faith of her parents, Joachim and Anne, and the purity of Mary.

It is an occasion for American citizens to deepen their understanding of their independence and the principles of the republic.