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By Bishop Daniel E. Garcia | OSV News

As a shepherd of the Church, I believe I am called to shed the light of the Gospel upon the issues of our day. As the Church, we bring our unrelenting belief in the sanctity of the human person to the forefront of each challenge that faces our society.

When, as a society, we better enable the participation of people in shared civic and social endeavors, we affirm their participation as an expression of their God-given dignity. In light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais, many Black Americans and other communities of color are deeply concerned about what this moment may mean for the protection of their voices, the fairness of representation and their full participation in our democratic process. These concerns are serious, and they deserve to be heard with respect, moral clarity and pastoral solidarity. I wish to offer a word of hope and the solidarity of the Church in this moment.

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has published a flyer listing events that honor the Saintly Seven candidates for sainthood.

Pablo Kay | Angelus News

When Anderson F. Shaw was baptized in his early 20s at Holy Name of Jesus Church in the 1960s, Los Angeles was experiencing something of a Black Catholic boom.

From the 1940s to the 1960s, thousands of Black and Creole families from the South — especially from traditionally Catholic pockets of Louisiana — migrated to Southern California in search of better lives. Bringing their faith with them, they worshipped and raised their families in parishes across Greater Los Angeles.

From the publisher, Fr. Claude Williams:
With great joy, we present the first issue of this newsletter, conceived as a
tool to better connect members of our Norbertine family throughout the
world by communicating the specific ways in which we live out our shared
charism here in Rome at our Order’s international house of studies

By Site Staff | Biz New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — On May 9, Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) celebrated more than 600 graduates across two ceremonies, welcoming His Eminence Peter Turkson and STEM advocate Calvin Mackie as commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients at the nation’s only historically Black and Catholic university.