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[Catholic Caucus] The God who mothers usI am on retreat in a beautiful and sacred place, Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center in Hiawatha, Iowa. My weekend has been filled with the song of birds, the sweet smell of prairie grasses and the cool shade of a magnificent grandmother oak. Amidst wild and wonderful creation, I spend time with my divine Mother, our Creator God whose love for us so beautifully models the love of a parent for their child.I am Catholic, and I pray to God as Father as Jesus taught. But more and more, I've found myself needing an additional...

FULL TITLE: Mother Divine dies at the age of 92: Leader of religious sect and widow of eccentric figure who claimed to be God passes away in Philadelphia Mother Divine, the widow of Father Divine who headed the religion he founded for decades, has died at the age of 92. Sweet Angel Divine, her legal name, passed awat Saturday at Woodmont, the movement's Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, headquarters, the Emil J. Ciavarelli Family Funeral Homes said in an obituary on its website. Her husband, who died in 1965, claimed to God, advocated racial equality and provided free food to thousands of people.