Interior view of a stained-glass window of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. / Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 14, 2024 / 12:45 pm (CNA).The U.S. Catholic bishops approved on Friday a document at their spring meeting that apologizes to Catholic Indigenous communities for a "history of trauma" caused in part by their "abandonment" by the Church and proposes a way forward that takes into account the "unique cultural needs" of these communities. The document, "Keeping Christ s Sacred Promise: A Pastoral Framework for Indigenous Ministry," provides an updated pastoral plan to address the concerns of Catholic Indigenous communities. The preface notes the last time the bishops formally addressed these communities was 1977.The USCCB vote approving the text took place at the conference s annual spring meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 14. In the document, the
A. Edward Ahr, age 86 of Naperville, passed away peacefully, Thursday, February 10, 2022 at Edward Hospital. He was born January 27, 1936 in Albuquerque, NM