Tag: Black Catholics

  • April 20, 2021

Fr. McNair appointed chaplain to African American Catholic community

As Fr. Andrew McNair was introduced as the Diocese of Phoenix’s new chaplain to the African American community,...
  • March 24, 2021

Confronting racism, fostering respect for all are focus of conference

After he returned from Rome where Pope Francis elevated him to the College of Cardinals, children at Catholic...
  • March 22, 2021

Gregory: ‘Healing of America’s soul’ needed to bring about racial harmony

In a major address on confronting the sin of racism and working for racial harmony, Washington Cardinal Wilton...
  • March 15, 2021

Business executive who is gospel singer, author to receive Laetare Medal

Carla Harris, a top executive at the investment bank Morgan Stanley, and a celebrated gospel singer, speaker and...
  • February 17, 2021

Retired nurse on mission to urge people of color to get COVID-19 vaccine

Having the ability to educate and advocate for her family inspired Joyce Christian of Somerville, Tennessee, to become...
  • February 17, 2021

On ‘Today’ show, Cardinal Gregory reflects on his faith journey, racism

In a Feb. 15 segment for the "Today" show's "Changemakers" and "Black Voices" series, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory...
  • February 16, 2021

Pew report findings will validate faith of some, or cause soul-searching

When a 176-page report is issued on a subject that hasn't been addressed comprehensively in more than a...
  • February 4, 2021

Catholic Health Association launches initiative to confront racism

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the nation's movement for racial reckoning, the Catholic Health Association of...
  • February 4, 2021

Black Catholic is trailblazer in science; she has been geneticist for 56 years

As a child, Sheila Stiles Jewell played outside of the public housing where her family lived in Memphis....
  • February 2, 2021

Bishops support Biden’s racial equity orders related to housing, prisons

The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees welcomed recent executive actions by President Joe Biden...