Let us try to deepen our devotion to our American saints, who are our true spiritual ancestors, and they can help us to know God’s will as we continue the church’s mission of spreading the Gospel in America.
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‘Everyone realizes we love them’
By Archbishop José H. Gomez Two hundred and fifty years ago, on July 1, 1769, St. Junípero Serra arrived at the port of San Diego, having journeyed on foot for more than five months from Loreto, Mexico. He celebrated a […]
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Born for greater things: From the ‘crisis of man’ toward a new Christian humanism
By Archbishop José H. Gomez (The following is adapted from Archbishop José H. Gomez’s “Hispanic Innovators of the Faith” lecture at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6.) My friends, I am honored to deliver this […]
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