The Catholic bishops of New Mexico have issued a call to bolster mental health and addiction recovery resources, as violent incidents in that state have prompted Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to seek urgent legislative reform.
Bishops call for mental health, recovery resources amid New Mexico’s public safety crisis
Former priest ends his life ahead of abuse hearing in New Mexico
A former Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Sante Fe, New Mexico, ended his life ahead of a May 24 hearing on criminal charges of sexual abuse.
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In focus: New Mexico bankruptcy settlement, Catholic university to close, Eritrean bishop released
Ground broken for new St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine in New Mexico diocese
The rosary walk at a new shrine to be built in the Gallup Diocese to honor St. Kateri Tekakwitha “will imitate” the life and example of the Native American saint, popularly known as the “Lily of the Mohawks,” said Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico.