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February 24, 2022
Music, journalism, slang, swagger — the Black prophetic tradition is all around us
National Catholic Reporter
by Byron Wratee | National Catholic Reporter Photo by Kindred Hues Photography Nine years ago, in her “Love Letter to Black Folks,”...
February 24, 2022
Sister Thea Bowman offers a prophetic witness for the Church and our country today, priest says
Catholic Standard
By MARK ZIMMERMANN | Catholic Standard Catholic Standard file photo by Michael Hoyt In the fall of 1979, Manuel Williams drove...
February 23, 2022
Archbishop Shelton Fabre on wokeness and the prophetic anger of Black Catholics
America Magazine
By Gloria Purvis | America Magazine CNS Photo Ruby Thomas | The Record Pope Francis has appointed the Most. Rev....
February 23, 2022
The Black authors all Catholics should read
America Magazine
By James T. Keane | America Magazine Almost eight years ago, America’s literary editor, Ray Schroth, S.J., asked a number of Black...
February 23, 2022
La Salle professor explores ‘undoing the knots’ of Catholic anti-Blackness through her own family history
The Philadelphia Inquirer
In “Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness,” Maureen H. O’Connell looks at the long-standing failure of Catholic...
February 22, 2022
Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Charleston (USA)
The Vatican
VATICAN BULLETIN DATED 2/22/2022 The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Charleston (USA),...
February 22, 2022
Nation’s First Black Cardinal Speaks at Mass in Queens, NY
Birmingham Times
By Birmingham Times | Thalia Perez, CBSNewYork NEW YORK — A Black History Month event took place at a Catholic church in Queens on Sunday, with the...
February 22, 2022
Pope Francis appoints Father Jacques Fabre as new bishop of Charleston
CNA (Catholic News Agency)
By Courtney Mares | Vatican City, Feb 22, 2022 / 05:05 am Photo by Michael Alexander for the Georgia Bulletin Pope...
February 18, 2022
Xavier University of Louisiana Names Dr. Steven Byrd New Director of Counseling and Wellness
Xavier University of Louisiana
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chelsea Cunningham ccunnin5@xula.edu Steven Byrd, DBH, LCSW officially joined the Xavier University of Louisiana family as...
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