Why these Apache Catholics felt faced with a 'false choice' after priest removed church's icons The congregation at St. Joseph Apache Mission in the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico, is struggling ...

MESCALERO, New Mexico (AP) — Anne Marie Brillante never imagined she would have to choose between being Apache and being Catholic. To her, and many others in the Mescalero Apache tribe in New Mexico ...

Parishioners of St. Joseph Mission, a church on tribal land in Mescalero, N.M., allege that their pastor, with the knowledge of the Diocese of Las Cruces, has removed this icon depicting Christ ...