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March 11, 2022
The incredible life of Samuel Henderson, protector of the Memphis Dominicans
Aleteia Magazine
By Morris Butcher | Aleteia Magazine A formerly enslaved Black Catholic convert, Henderson served the Memphis parish as a groundskeeper,...
March 4, 2022
Podcast: Sister Thea Bowman and the importance of Black Catholic spirituality
America Magazine
A woman prays during a Black History Month Mass of thanksgiving at Immaculate Conception Church in the Jamaica Estates section...
March 3, 2022
Today is the Feast Day of St. Katharine Drexel
Catholic Online
“The Eucharist is a never-ending sacrifice. It is the Sacrament of love, the supreme love, the act of love.” –...
February 25, 2022
Pope makes personal appeal in remarkable Russia embassy trip
The Washington Post
By Nicole Winfield | AP | from The Washington Post ROME — Pope Francis visited the Russian Embassy on Friday to personally “express...
February 25, 2022
Celebrating Black History Month | Cardinal Wilton Gregory
Cardinal Wilton Gregory shares a message in celebration of Black History Month. Click here to watch the video.
February 25, 2022
UKRAINE CONFLICT | Emergency Relief
CRS Emergency Factsheet
As reports emerge of families being displaced by the recent attacks in Ukraine, Catholic Relief Services is helping Caritas teams...
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....
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