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| Book | The Life of Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston | by Richard Gribble – Editor's NotePortuguese American Journal

Cardinal Humberto Medeiros served the Church as priest and bishop in Texas and Massachusetts. An immigrant from the Azores he utilized his superior intelligence, administrative ability, and language skills to move up rapidly in Church ranks. His work with the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, both nationally and internationally, especially with migrant workers, was notable. […] ....

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Priest-author tells story of Catholicism in the American heartland


This is the cover of the book The Catholic Church in Southwest Iowa: A History of the Diocese of Des Moines by Steven M. Avella. The book is reviewed by Timothy Walch. (CNS photo/courtesy Liturgical Press)
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The Catholic Church in Southwest Iowa: A History of the Diocese of Des Moines by Steven M. Avella. Liturgical Press (Collegeville, Minnesota, 2018). 458 pp., $24.95.
Imagine, if you will, that the most important Catholic in the world decided to visit your diocese. How would you plan for such a visit? Where would you hold a Mass for, say, 350,000 people? That was the challenge and the opportunity embraced by Bishop Maurice Dingman when he learned that Pope John Paul II would honor the people of Iowa and the American heartland with a visit Oct. 4, 1979. ....

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