This Week in Catholic History

On May 15, 1891, Pope Leo XIII issued his encyclical On Capital and Labor. More

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Catholic History News"A Christian without memory is not a true Christian: he or she is a prisoner of circumstance, of the moment, a man or woman who has no history." -- Pope Francis, homily, 5/13/13

Spring Hill College recalls mention in famous MLK, Jr. Letter

New book M. McGuinness, Called to Serve: A History of Nuns in America

New book R. Riegle, Doing Time for Peace: Resistance, Family, and Community

New book G. Agee, A Cry for Justice: Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism, and Activism, 1854-1933

New book W. Issel, Church and State in the City: Catholics and Politics in Twentieth-Century San Francisco

Conference, 10/14: Jesuits and the American Experience

New book G.A. Enderle, I Desire to be Everywhere: Louis Florent Gillet: Frontier Missionary, Founder, and Contemplative Monk

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