Nashville Dominican Sisters Support Hillbilly Thomists on Country Music’s Most Famous Stage
The Hillbilly Thomists performed as the opening act at the famous Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
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1619, 1776 and the United States of America
COMMENTARY: There’s no arguing it: The United States of America, as our founders conceived it, started in 1776.
New EWTN Documentary Celebrates Heroic Virtue of St. Junípero Serra
Watch the inaugural episode of ‘In Search of America’s Catholic Founders’ this weekend.
Archbishop Gomez Encourages Pilgrims Marking Jubilee of Christianity in Los Angeles
More than 1,700 people participated in the pilgrimage from Mission San Gabriel Arcángel to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.
Ransom Was Paid for Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti
Two hostages were released on Nov. 21. An additional three hostages were released on Dec. 6. The remaining 12 hostages escaped from their captors in mid-December.
Petition Seeks to Return St. Junipero Serra Statue to ‘Place of Honor’ at Catholic University
The statue dates back to the 1990s, when it was placed outside the campus library as a gift of William H. Hannon, a Catholic philanthropist and passionate admirer of St. Serra.
Los Angeles Renames Father Junipero Serra Park, Despite Catholic Praise for Sainted Missionary
The park is walking distance from La Placita, the Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, the city’s oldest Catholic church, which has elements dating back at least to 1814.
St. Junipero Serra’s Example Will Endure, Archbishop Says After California Governor Replaces Statue
Serra was canonized by Pope Francis in 2015. The Pope praised Serra as “the embodiment of ‘a Church which goes forth,’ a Church which sets out to bring everywhere the reconciling tenderness of God.”
It is Time to Start Telling the Truth About St. Junípero Serra
Pope Francis canonized St. Junípero Serra personally in Washington, D.C. on September 23, 2015, the first-ever canonization on American soil.
Archbishops Criticize ‘Outrageous’ Claims Against St. Junipero Serra
St. Junipero Serra, the archbishops noted, traveled 2,000 miles to Mexico City when he was aged and infirm “to demand that authorities adopt a native bill of rights he had written.”
