Tag: American Catholicism
National Shrine in Emmitsburg, Md., welcomes treasured items that belonged to...
EMMITSBURG, Md. -- The faded black bonnet with its gently ruffled frill once framed the face of the nation's first American-born saint.
The black cap,...
Choosing Catholicism and celebrating Black Catholic History Month
From the 1920s through the 1960s more than 300,000 African-Americans across the country chose to enter into communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Their...