Fr. Stanley Rother
Fr. Stanley Rother (photo: Archdiocese of Oklahoma City)

Fr. Stanley Rother (9/23/2017)

Father Stanley Rother—priest, missionary, martyr and Oklahoma Native—will be beatified this weekend. He’s the first American-born martyr to be beatified. On Register Radio this week Abp. Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City talks about the new martyr.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis