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Argentine prosecutors named Mgr Mariano Fazio, the auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei, as a defendant in a prominent case involving ...
Pope Leo XIV has heavy responsibilities ~ not just because the Catholic Church has reached global proportions, but because it ...
Zechariah was a priest and a prophet who stood above the people and admonished them. King Joash (ruled 836-798 BCE) gave orders to have Zechariah killed, and he was stoned to death in the courtyard of ...
Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...
As Pope Leo settles into papacy, his handling of clergy sexual abuse will be closely scrutinised. Read more at ...
Why Olga’s gender and ethnicity matter For a church led exclusively by male bishops and priests, the glorification of Olga, the first Yup’ik saint, is significant.
Two women embrace during the canonization ceremony of St. Olga in Kwethluk, Alaska, on June 19, 2025, which made her the first female Orthodox saint in North America.
The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...
Why Olga’s gender and ethnicity matter For a church led exclusively by male bishops and priests, the glorification of Olga, the first Yup’ik saint, is significant. “The church is often seen as a ...
Native American News Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 11:58 a.m.
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in an elaborate ceremony to canonize St. Olga Michael in her ...
KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...