The Dicastery of the Causes of Saints has promulgated a decree recognizing that five Spanish Franciscans were killed “in odium fidei” (“in hatred of the faith”) in 1597 — specifically for defending ...

Carolina Ramirez and her son Lucas at Aventuras, an after school Spanish immersion program for elementary aged kids. Photo by Abraham Rodriguez. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a ...

In separate videos recorded in English, Spanish and Italian, Pope Leo XIV urged every Catholic parish around the globe to ...

DOUGLASS — Hundreds of professional and amateur archeologists excavated and explored the site of the first permanent settlement of 18th century Spanish explorers and missionaries in East Texas this ...

The archbishop of Oviedo in Spain, Jesús Sanz, was momentarily held at gunpoint but was allowed to proceed unharmed.

Mormon missionaries Carter Campbell, right, and Karson Pasker, center, review the “Plan de Servicios” with Cuban immigrant Paula Rodriguez-Hereda. TOP: Campbell and Pasker were the first full-time ...

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