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A Brief History of African American Catholics
- "Slavery was a cruel social institution that corrupted the entire history of the United States.
It divided the nation. It divided religion. It touched every part of the Catholic Church. In 1839, Pope
Gregory XVI condemned slavery in the document Supremo Apostolatus Fastigio, but this made little impact.
Catholic slaveholders did not consider slavery immoral, since the Bible did not forbid it. Many priests
and religious sisters owned slaves. So did some bishops. Even some African American Catholics had slaves.
A black person might purchase a slave in order to be able to marry him or her and the spouse remained,
legally, a slave."
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Rev. Edward B. Branch, BA, M.Div., D.Min.
Catholic Chaplain for the AUC
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 Fr. Branch is presently the Catholic Chaplain for
the AUC, which consists of a cluster of historically African American
institutions of higher education that boasts the largest concentration of
scholars of African heritage in the world. He completed his Doctor of Ministry
program at the Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, D.C., and
following his six year tenure there, served as University Chaplain and Director
of Campus Ministry at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Fr.
Branch also served in similar capacities at Grambling State University in
Grambling, Louisiana. As a priest from the Archdiocese of Louisville, KY, Fr.
Branch has been the Catholic Chaplain for the AUC since 1990.
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