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Was Squanto Catholic? What we know about this hero of the first Thanksgiving
In March 1621, the chief of the Wampanoag confederation, Massasoit, went to meet with the Pilgrims and brought Tisquantum along... Read more
USCCB looks to assist federal investigation of boarding schools for indigenous
The U.S. bishops’ conference has volunteered to assist a new federal investigation of the history of boarding schools for Native... Read more
Native American Catholics focus of Knights of Columbus documentary
The historical and contemporary witness of Native American Catholics are the subject of a Knights of Columbus-produced documentary set for... Read more
St. Juan Diego hailed as messenger of hope, healing for Native Americans
The Feast of St. Juan Diego, an Aztec peasant who witnessed an indigenous apparition of the Virgin Mary and later... Read more
Catholics pray for Navajo man scheduled for federal execution
Catholics are speaking out on behalf of a Native American man on federal death row, who is set to be... Read more
This unique Catholic school has served Native American students since 1927
In central South Dakota, along the northern jog of the Missouri River in what one might call “the middle of... Read more
Mexican priest: 'From Spain we received … the true faith'
Fr. Hugo Valdemar, the canon penitentiary of the Archdiocese of Mexico, said Monday that through Spanish missionaries we have received... Read more
How popes have addressed the conquest of the Americas
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico this week wrote to Pope Francis and the King of Spain, Felipe VI,... Read more
LA archdiocese issues pastoral guidelines for Native American communities
Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles has signed 17 new protocols recognizing the Native Americans of California as the “First... Read more
Black Elk sainthood cause advances with US bishops' vote
The sainthood cause for Lakota medicine man and Catholic catechist Nicholas Black Elk took another step forward today, as the... Read more
This Native American is officially on the path to sainthood
Lakota medicine man turned Catholic catechist Nicholas Black Elk has begun the path to potential canonization with a Mass in... Read more
Don't rush to judge Columbus, anthropologist encourages
The controversies surrounding Christopher Columbus are sometimes misplaced and should not overshadow Columbus’ Christian motives in his voyages, a scholar... Read more
Colorado church ministers to Native Americans, homeless, and deaf
St. Bernadette Parish, the pioneer Catholic church of Lakewood, Colorado, outgrew its first worship space just 18 years after being... Read more
Catholics join outrage over sale of sacred Native American items
Native Americans say a French auction house should return their sacred objects set to go on sale, and they have... Read more
Jail time over eagle feathers? One Native American's religious freedom fight
A Native American tribe leader has been threatened with time in prison for his religious use of eagle feathers, and... Read more
