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January 6, 2023
Benedict remembered for role in pushing US bishops to confront clergy abuse
NCR
By Christopher White, Vatican Correspondent | NCR Under intense national scrutiny after the groundbreaking reporting on clergy sexual abuse and cover-up...
January 3, 2023
NBCC President, Bishop Roy E. Campbell, Jr., publishes a statement on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Bishop Roy E. Campbell, Jr.
On behalf of myself, the Staff, Board of Trustees, and members of the National Black Catholic Congress, we pray that...
January 3, 2023
How the Liturgical Calendar Framed Pope Benedict’s Life
National Catholic Register
COMMENTARY: His Holy Saturday life ended on Dec. 31 — what might this secular and liturgical date suggest to us...
January 3, 2023
In debates about reproductive health, listen to Black women
U.S. Catholic
Catholic doula Rebecca Christian on how her faith informs her work for reproductive justice. A U.S. CATHOLIC INTERVIEW On June...
January 3, 2023
Thousands pay their final respects to Benedict XVI as his body lies in state in St. Peter’s Basilica
America
By Gerard O’Connell | America Tens of thousands of Romans, pilgrims and tourists filed past the body of Benedict XVI,...
December 15, 2022
CUA Examines Cases for African American Canonization, Discusses Need for Change
The Tower
By Mariah Solis and Anna Harvey | The Tower The Center for Cultural Engagement hosted a film screening and panel...
December 14, 2022
Josephite Brother makes final profession
The Josephites
By George P. Matysek Jr. | The Josephites For the first time in about two decades, a Josephite has made...
December 14, 2022
Black Catholic Messenger, NCR announce partnership
NCR
By NCR Staff | NCR Two Catholic publications have begun a partnership to increase both coverage of African American Catholics...
December 14, 2022
Church officials reinstate priest Michael Pfleger on South Side
Blue Mountain Eagle
By Joseph S. Pete | Blue Mountain Eagle CHICAGO — The Archdiocese of Chicago reinstated the Rev. Michael Pleger, the...
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