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El papa Francisco ha invitado a toda la Iglesia a celebrar un Año de Jubileo. Para todo el año 2025 se nos ha prometido una abundancia de bendiciones, un derrame excepcional de la bondad y la gracia de Dios.

Pope Francis has invited the entire Church to celebrate a Year of Jubilee. For all of 2025 we have been promised a unique outpouring of God’s goodness and grace, a wealth of blessings.

Saint Peter Claver spent 38 years in the 1600s as an ordained priest in the Spanish port city of Cartegena, ministering and evangelizing African slaves who had been delivered in horrendous conditions to be sold.

The Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma recently saluted the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s educator, support staff member and volunteer of the year during the 2025 Saints & Scholars Dinner for Catholic Education.

The Lenten season is one of the most solemn times of the year, a time of preparation for Passion week and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. During this period, many serve a form of penance, which could include prayers, including the Rosary or fasting from something important in life.

What started as an enterprise to ‘pay the bills’ has opened the abbey to the surrounding community in often surprising and enriching ways.

Parish Spotlight: Jim and Brenda Nelson, Saint John Nepomuk Catholic Church, Yukon

Nestled in the modest rolling hills of southern Oklahoma’s Murray County, sits Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sulphur, a mission church with a huge mission to help the unfortunate of this picturesque county and the surrounding areas.

The Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine is introducing the Shrine Saints Society, an exclusive group of dedicated supporters committed to preserving and enhancing the shrine’s legacy.

When Gabriella Marquez first stepped through the history-rich halls of Mount St. Mary Catholic High School in 2023 as a freshman, she had no idea how quickly the school would become her second home.

After weeks celebrating Catholic Schools and HoCo, students have been busy with everything from drama and debate to finishing up many of the winter sports, with Valentine’s festivities offering more highlights.

Homecoming brings out the spirit The Cristo Rey OKC Royals had an exciting week with homecoming and its many activities in what has become known as Spirit Week.

Today’s Russian Orthodox leadership is a theological, moral and pastoral train wreck. U.S. foreign policy can’t fix that. Nonetheless, those responsible for devising U.S. foreign policy should recognize how that train wreck helps define Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine, even as it conditions any resolution of the war worthy of the name “peace.”

Couple’s marriage closely connected to faith

El tema del Jubileo 2025 – “Peregrinos de Esperanza” – nos convoca a cada uno de nosotros y a toda la Iglesia a renovar nuestro compromiso con Jesucristo y entre nosotros, ya que juntos somos peregrinos.

The theme of Jubilee Year 2025 – “Pilgrims of Hope” – summons each of us and the whole Church to renew our commitment to Jesus Christ and to one another. We are pilgrims together.