Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as part of reconciliation

The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts sought by Indigenous communities in Canada ...
insider.si.edu

Three great events in the history of the Catholic church in the United States 1. The centenary celebrations, 2. Proceedings of the first American Catholic Congress, 3 ...

Includes "A complete list of the principal Catholic educational institutions in the United States and Canada ." https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp ...
National Catholic Register

James Hitchcock, Church Historian and Register Contributor, Dies at 87

James Hitchcock — a noted historian of the Catholic Church, popular author and longtime college professor — is being remembered by friends and colleagues as a man of prophetic insight who defended ...
NOLA.com

Here are 7 Catholic pilgrimage sites in Louisiana to visit during the Church's Jubilee Year

Louisiana archdioceses have designated pilgrimage sites for visitors to celebrate and observe the Jubilee, which ends Jan. 6, ...
Mercury News

Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...
Catholic News Agency

How a Catholic priest led the Church’s ‘significant’ contribution to Deaf history

Sign language is currently one of the most popular families of languages in the world, with National Geographic estimating more than 300 forms of sign language used by more than 70 million people ...