Category: Black churches

Catholic Church in Mississippi remembers Emmett Till

by 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.

Archdiocese sides with politician accused of desecrating church in Brazil

by bcadmin | Apr 11, 2022 | Black Catholics, Black churches, Brazil, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Racism | 0 |

After taking part in the occupation of a church during an anti-racist demonstration and being reprimanded by the Archdiocese of Curitiba, city council member Renato Freitas is facing trial by his peers and may lose office.

Study: Black Catholics worship more with other races than solely their own

by bcadmin | Mar 20, 2022 | Black Catholics, Black churches, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Pew Research Center, Racism | 0 |

A Pew Research Center study has found that only one-fourth of U.S. Black Catholics worship in majority-Black parishes.

Atonement Father Carter dies at 91; was longtime leader in Brooklyn

by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2021 | Black Catholics, Black churches, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Brooklyn, News, Obituary | 0 |

Father Martin Carter, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, died Dec. 25 at age 91.

Washington taps pastors to overcome racial divide on vaccine

by bcadmin | Feb 21, 2021 | Associated Press, Black churches, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, religious leaders, Washington D.C. | 0 |

Health officials in the nation’s capital are hoping Black religious leaders will serve as community influencers to overcome what officials say is a persistent vaccine reluctance in the Black community.

Parishioners show support for Father Pfleger, who faces second abuse allegation

by bcadmin | Jan 28, 2021 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Black churches, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Chicago, Chicago Archdiocese, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, clerical sexual abuse survivors, News | 0 |

Father Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of St. Sabina Church in Chicago, faces a second sexual abuse allegation, from the brother of the first alleged victim who came forward in early January.

Poet Amanda Gorman is a light to us all, parishioner says

by bcadmin | Jan 25, 2021 | Black Catholics, Black churches, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, faith and politics, Joe Biden, News | 0 |

Long before she burst into the public spotlight delivering her inauguration poem, Amanda Gorman got a standing ovation from fellow parishioners of St. Brigid Church in Los Angeles for reciting a poem she wrote about the parish.

More US churches are committing to racism-linked reparations

by bcadmin | Dec 14, 2020 | Associated Press, Black Catholics, Black churches, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Episcopal Church, News, Racism | 0 |

There is widespread surge of interest among many U.S. religious groups in the area of reparations, particularly among long-established Protestant churches that were active in the era of slavery.

Torched Black churches weigh justice, forgiveness

by bcadmin | Oct 18, 2020 | Associated Press, Black churches, Church fire, Church in the US, Lousiana, News, Racism | 0 |

St. Mary Baptist Church, Mallet’s beloved sanctuary, was the first of three historically Black churches set ablaze in St. Landry Parish by Holden Matthews, the white 23-year-old son of a local sheriff’s deputy. Matthews torched St. Mary, Greater Union and Mount Pleasant Baptist churches over a 10-day span between March 26 and April 4 in 2019.

Faith leaders discuss their perspective on Floyd’s death, protests in webinar

by bcadmin | Jun 12, 2020 | Black churches, Catholic Church, George Floyd, Georgetown University, News, Racial justice, Racism, Uncategorised | 0 |

Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs in Washington co-sponsored a webinar on George Floyd with the University of Southern California’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture.

Faith activism amid pandemic spans causes and denominations

by bcadmin | May 7, 2020 | Associated Press, Black churches, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News | 0 |

In one 24-hour period this week, three prominent people of faith from different denominations pushed for more aid to workers and areas most acutely affected by the coronavirus.