‘Totally committed to Jesus’ — USCCB to consider cause of Jesuit with charismatic border ministry

"He was afraid of nothing. He would storm hell with a water pistol."

For 42 years, Fr. Richard Thomas S.J. cultivated a vibrant Catholic, charismatic community, serving the spiritual and temporal needs of the poor and youth on both sides of the US-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas.

Now, almost 20 years after his death, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will discuss whether it should advance the local level …