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by bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Black Catholics, Cardinal Peter Turkson, New Orleans, News, Religious Sisters, saints and martyrs | 0 |
The Sisters of the Holy Family used a recent visit by Cardinal Peter Turkson to update him on the status of the sainthood cause for Mother Henriette Delille, the free woman of color who founded the congregation in New Orleans in 1842.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 22, 2022 | Archdiocese of Washington, Black Catholics, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News | 0 |
Catholics, and all people of faith, must engage in the “critically important work” of fighting injustice, racism and other societal ills that prevent people from living in peace, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 22, 2022 | Black Catholics, Black churches, Church in the US, civil rights, lead, News | 0 |
Deacon Arthur Miller said a new statue of Emmett Till is a powerful reminder of a Mississippi community’s complicity in his murder, and a call for Catholics to live out their faith.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2022 | Black Catholics, Catholic minorities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse, News, Racism | 0 |
The image of a white victim does not tell the complete story of clergy sexual abuse in the United States, according to a number of panelists during an Oct. 5 online forum titled “Neglected Voices in the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2022 | Black Catholics, Catholic minorities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse, News, Racism | 0 |
The image of a white victim does not tell the complete story of clergy sexual abuse in the United States, according to a number of panelists during an Oct. 5 online forum titled “Neglected Voices in the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 2, 2022 | Black Catholics, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, democracy, Faith in Public Life, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, News, Racism, Voting | 0 |
Organizations led by women religious in the U.S., as well as other Catholic institutions, denounced those who threaten democracy and efforts that make it difficult for some U.S. citizens to vote.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | African-American Catholics, Black Catholics, Brazil, Church in the Americas, Economy of Francesco, lead, News | 0 |
The Brazilian delegation to the Economy of Francesco international meeting in Assisi will include a group of Black activists whose goal is to emphasize the importance of debating racial issues associated with potential economic transformations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 18, 2022 | African-American Catholics, Associated Press, Black Catholics, Church in the US, Mississippi, News | 0 |
For 116 years, St. Mary Catholic Church has been a source of spiritual guidance and education for African American Catholics in Vicksburg and Warren County.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 11, 2022 | Black Catholics, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Documentary, Franciscans, News, religious sister, Sainthood cause | 0 |
A new documentary on Sister Thea Bowman shines a light on her life and work as an advocate for racial justice and intercultural understanding.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 10, 2022 | Black Catholics, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Georgetown University, Jesuits, News, Racism | 0 |
Georgetown officials launched the Georgetown Slavery Archive in 2016 and put it online so that people will have access to it, because they thought it was important to help people understand the past as a way of securing the future.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 4, 2022 | Black Catholics, Catholic colleges, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Xavier University | 0 |
Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans and the Adrian Dominican Sisters have signed an agreement to endow $500,000 for a scholarship fund honoring Adrian Dominican Sister Jamie Phelps.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 7, 2022 | Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, Black Catholics, Black Lives Matter, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Racism | 0 |
When deadly, racially motivated violence erupted in a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, a Pittsburgh synagogue, a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and most recently in Buffalo, New York, Catholic Church leaders have responded.
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