Every year, the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus gathers for their annual conference, but this year was notable for several reasons. As has been the case for many conferences, the meeting was entirely virtual because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The membership
Bishop Shelton J. Fabre's recent call to fast in response to racism on the feast of St. Peter Claver, Sept. 9, was a call to be attentive to the inequalities across society and acknowledge the sin of racism that continues to exist.
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Father Augustus Tolton, who in 1886 became the first identified Black priest ordained for the United States, challenged the status quo to bring about social change.
Father Tolton lived a life of joy, rooted in his desire to help others and humbly work
Bishop Michael Pfeifer, the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas. shares a pastoral letter on race and abortion: From the moment of conception, unborn babies are unique, living human beings made in the wonderful image and likeness of God
Celebrating an Aug. 28 Mass to mark the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King's historic March on Washington, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory urged Catholics to continue the dream of the late civil rights leader and to work for reconciliation and
Last year’s 90-minute documentary on Flannery O’Connor, simply titled “Flannery,” is a powerful, lively introduction to this unique American author from the deep South. Although she died of lupus at the tender age of 39 in 1964, she forged an impressive body
Years before a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, “Black Lives Matter” was already a polarizing statement in a country with deep racial fault lines. But as the phrase “Black Lives Matter” has become more
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Pauline Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble writes that she “learned more about racism in my time as a punk rock atheist than I ever did as a Catholic.” She writes that, like her, “many young people
The bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana, has suspended a priest from public ministry after the pastor referred to Black Lives Matters protesters as "maggots and parasites" in a Sunday bulletin.
In a July 1 statement issued by the diocese, Bishop Timothy
On June 26, Guadalupe Radio Network abruptly suspended its airing of the EWTN Radio show “Morning Glory” after co-host Gloria Purvis, who is Black, has used the show to engage in frank conversation regarding racism, including Church teaching on the subject, and