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Catholic bishops of Oklahoma support Medicaid expansion ballot measure
The Catholic bishops of Oklahoma have voiced support for a ballot measure that would expand Medicaid in the state. Read more
Tornado devastates new Oklahoma Catholic church, but Rother window unharmed
A tornado destroyed an Oklahoma parish, and its pastor says he's lucky to be alive. But a stained-glass window of... Read more
Christian leaders united in support of Oklahoma abortion order
Catholic dioceses in Oklahoma joined other Christian leaders on Monday to ask a federal court to let stand a state... Read more
Oklahoma City archbishop supports effort to end state death penalty
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City has announced his support for state legislation that would remove the death penalty from... Read more
Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily halts law banning D&E abortions
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary injunction against a law banning dilation-and-evacuation abortions. The injunction will stop the... Read more
Oklahoma judge denies effort to halt ban on D&E abortions
The Oklahoma County District Court has denied a motion to pause a law banning a common abortion procedure during the... Read more
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $572m for driving opioid epidemic
An Oklahoma judge ruled Monday that the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson pay $572 million for “public nuisance” in driving... Read more
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules against abortion pill law
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a state law restricting the way in which the abortion pill is... Read more
Spooky, scary, saintly? How Catholics can see Halloween at its best
Whether you dress up as a ghoul, a hero, or a saint, Halloween has a Christian origin that should inspire... Read more
My cousin the martyr: meet Blessed Stanley Rother's large family
They came from Illinois and they came from Wisconsin. They came from Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Read more
Faithful martyr and missionary Father Stanley Rother beatified in Oklahoma
Father Stanley Rother, an Oklahoma priest martyred in Guatemala, was beatified Saturday during a Mass in Oklahoma City attended by... Read more
This Oklahoma priest was a martyr – and he'll be beatified this year
“Padre, they've come for you.” Read more
Fr. Stanley Rother, first US-born martyr, to be beatified in September
Father Stanley Rother, the Oklahoma-born martyr who served as a priest in Guatemala, will be beatified in Oklahoma City on... Read more
Successful Okla. lawsuit could stop future black masses
A lawyer who helped recover a stolen Host that organizers of an Oklahoma City black mass intended to desecrate said... Read more
Prayers urged as black mass organizer claims consecrated Host
The purported use of a consecrated Host at a planned satanic black mass at an Oklahoma City civic center would... Read more
Tulsa bishop urges prayer, fasting in response to black mass
A novena of prayer and fasting leading up to the Feast of the Assumption has been planned to combat the... Read more
Archbishop asks Okla. civic center to reconsider black mass
Just a few months after a black mass reenactment was planned – and then canceled – at Harvard University, another... Read more
Okla. Catholics speak up for voiceless with lawmakers
A recent “Catholic Advocacy Day” gave laity in Oklahoma the opportunity to participate in the legislative process and to be... Read more
