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The hidden life of Nicholas Black Elk revealed in canonization process

December 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Black Elk, daughter Lucy Black Elk and wife Anna Brings White. / Credit: Public Domain

Detroit, Mich., Dec 10, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Nicholas Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior, visionary, and Catholic catechist, is known worldwide but … […]

The resilience of Native American Catholicism

November 23, 2017 R. Cavanaugh 11

Some estimates put the proportion of Native Americans who identify as Catholic at as much as 25 percent of the Native population. […]

Black Elk and the need for catechists

November 21, 2017 Bishop Robert Barron 15

There is an army of volunteers across our country who give generously of their time to pass on the faith to our young people, but […]