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By Richard Szczepanowski | Catholic Standard

During a Nov. 15 commemoration of Black Catholic History Month at Sacred Heart Church in Bowie, Maryland, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington unveiled a new project that seeks to “honor those enslaved by the Catholic Church in Maryland.”

“This is a prayerful and powerful initiative,” said Wendi Williams, the executive director of the archdiocese’s Office of Cultural Diversity and Outreach. “This is an honorable and proud act because this is not just a Black Catholic history issue, this is a social justice issue.”

by Michael J. O’Loughlin | America Magazine

The U.S. bishops voted on Friday to begin a process that could lead to rules formally banning Catholic hospitals from offering medical procedures and therapies sometimes collectively described as gender-affirming care.

Meeting in Orlando for their spring meeting, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops overwhelmingly decided via a voice vote to begin a process of revising the Ethical and Religious Directives, guidelines that draw from theology and church teaching and regulate the roughly 2,200 Catholic hospitals and health care facilities in the United States.

By William Murray | Catholic Standard

On the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, urged a fraternal group of lay Catholics to remember that they are temples of the Holy Spirit.

“You are God’s building,” Cardinal McElroy told the Knights and Ladies Auxiliary of Peter Claver, gathered for Mass on Nov. 8 at St. Thomas More Church in Southeast Washington, D.C. “When you hear the word of God and take it into your heart,” each human person becomes “the most important building,” he said, drawing on the words of St. Paul.

By Gina Christian | Catholic Standard

As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary next year, the U.S. bishops will consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The decision was taken during a Nov. 11 session of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall plenary assembly in Baltimore.

By: Armando Machado

“The Congress isn’t just a single event, but the beginning of an ongoing movement of renewal and engagement”

The first New York Black Catholic Congress is scheduled for Saturday, November 22, at Blessed Sacrament Church in New Rochelle, with the theme “Write the Vision and Make It Plain.”

The gathering will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Blessed Sacrament Church is located at 15 Shea Place, New Rochelle. Organizers include the Cultural Diversity Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New York. The event will also encourage the faithful to “Unite, Celebrate. Lead.”