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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has announced the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops May 1 in consecrating the two nations to the care of the Blessed Mother under the title "Mary, Mother of the Church."

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- To mark his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis gave the gift of medical supplies to several countries reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.

Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley Easter homily

Catholic Schools in the archdiocese continue educating students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Today, on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, we remember the 168 innocent lives taken, including 19 children.

Seamstress Katherine Abbott, a parishioner at Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Anadarko, has been sewing since her mother taught her as a child. So, when COVID-19 hit Oklahoma, she didn’t hesitate to start making personal protection masks for her community and family.

A new athletic scholarship has been established at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School to honor the memory of Frank C. Hughes, a well-known coach and educator in the 1960s and 1970s.

In July 2018, the Knights of Columbus Council #12108 of Saint Mark in Norman were inspired to bring the message of hope and encouragement to billboards and advertising benches in different cities across Oklahoma.

This is part of a series to introduce the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

​​​​​​​Father Patrick George McNamee, a Benedictine monk at Sacred Heart Abbey and later Saint Gregory's Abbey in Shawnee, was truly one of the colorful pioneers who labored in Oklahoma for most of the early years of its existence.