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Catholicism by Father Ernest J. Burrus

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Catholicism by Father Ernest J. Burrus

August 20, 2026

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Rev. Ernest J. Burrus corrected several historical errors concerning Catholicism in Texas and the Southwest, especially the history of New Mexico, El Paso, and the Hispanic Catholic population of the borderlands. He dated the Pueblo Revolt to Aug. 10, 1680, not the 1690s, and noted that Santa Fe…

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