Tag: Black Catholics

WASHINGTON -- When Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory became the first African American cardinal in the history of the Catholic Church Nov. 28, 2020,...

ALTADENA, Calif. -- As a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church's gospel choir, Trena Spurlock has sung the hymn "My Help" countless times. But after...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The soft-spoken cleric felt a combination of weariness and relief as the train pulled into the station. Father Augustus Tolton, formerly...

We are greatly blessed by the contributions of Black Catholics in the church in the United States, particularly their illuminating legacy of holiness. The...

Daryl Grigsby, the well-known African American commentator, author and convert to Catholicism 25 years ago, hosted a March 7 webinar on the thorny subject...

By Greg Burke Human cruelty, at times, seems to know no boundaries. We see examples of depravity and wanton violence every day, whether it’s the...

By Adrienne Curry Sitting at a kitchen table in Chicago more than three decades ago, I had a chance to get to know a holy...

Mike Mastromatteo "Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle," Shannen Dee Williams, Duke University Press, 2022, 424 pages. In her book...

The Ministry for Black Catholics of the Diocese of Wilmington will host a Juneteenth celebration at St. Joseph's Church, 1012 N. French Street in...

PHILADELPHIA -- When Joseph Geeter retired from the U.S. Marine Corps and moved to suburban Philadelphia 20 years ago, he attended Mass at a...