Tag: Black Catholics

  • May 3, 2022

Catholic University names street in honor of Sister Thea Bowman

Officials at The Catholic University of America dedicated and blessed a campus street April 29 named in honor...
  • February 10, 2022

African American sister says prayer, listening can lead to racial healing

The topic of racism can be a source of conflict. But when Sister Melinda Pellerin found herself in...
  • February 7, 2022

Black History Month seen as reminder of need to work for justice, equality

Flanked at the front of the sanctuary by six large portraits of Black Americans whose faith-filled lives placed...
  • January 31, 2022

Knowing Black Catholic history can help end racism, professor says

The history of Black Catholics and other marginalized people in the U.S. church covering more than two centuries...
  • November 5, 2021

Grassroots effort calls on pope to canonize six Black sainthood candidates

When Sister Rita Michelle Proctor was a young child, she was taught by the Oblate Sisters of Providence...
  • October 13, 2021

‘Live fullness of life now’ is lesson for contemporary times, cardinal says

In a jubilant Mass Oct. 9 concluding the Black Catholic Theological Symposium, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington...
  • October 12, 2021

Effort needed to bridge racial divide in church, society, says Black bishop

The racial divide in American society and within the Catholic Church is one that needs to be bridged...
  • September 21, 2021

Bishop Olmsted praises African American Catholics’ commitment to the Gospel

As the Resurrection of Christ signaled evil’s ultimate defeat, so too the power and perseverance of love can...
  • September 14, 2021

Bishop Olmsted to promote ‘healing, reconciliation’ in pastoral visit to African American community Sunday

Bishop Olmsted will bring a message of healing, reconciliation and encouragement to Catholic African Americans this Sunday....
  • August 6, 2021

Black priest: White nationalism the greatest threat to peace today

The Black priest who is Pax Christi USA's "Teacher of Peace" award recipient for 2021 said white nationalism...