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Racial Justice

Vatican envoy warns UN General Assembly racism mutating and ‘reemerging’ globally

March 23, 2023
By James Martone
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News

The “distorted” thought that one person is better than another goes against Catholic teachings and flies in the face of universal principles laid out in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Holy See’s United Nations envoy told a U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York.

Mother Lange canonization cause takes step forward

March 8, 2023
By Matthew Liptak
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints

The canonization cause of Mother Mary Lange, founder of the world’s first sustained women’s religious community for Black women, has taken a step forward.

Baltimore’s Jesuit parish helps revitalize gravesite where enslaved people are buried

March 3, 2023
By Kyle Taylor
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

Numerous unmarked gravesites were discovered in the wooded area surrounding the Sacred Heart Chapel in Bowie, likely the final resting place of enslaved people who toiled on the property hundreds of years ago.

Cardinal Gregory leads prayer service for enslaved African Americans buried in Sacred Heart Parish’s cemetery in Bowie

February 27, 2023
By Catherine Buckler
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory led a ceremony at Sacred Heart Parish in Bowie, which was titled a “Prayer Service to Bless a Portion of the Parish Cemetery for African-Americans Buried There,” and was attended by members of the parish and community, as well as descendants of the area’s enslaved.

West Virginia diocese, community celebrate legacy of former Catholic school for African American students

February 25, 2023
By Colleen Rowan
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

Catholic leaders, community leaders, former students and members of the community gathered inside Central Catholic High School’s gym in Wheeling to celebrate the history of the former Blessed Martin de Porres Catholic School for African American boys and girls.

If you ask me

February 24, 2023
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Commentary, Racial Justice

Those of us who value the service of law enforcement should constantly pray for their strength in discerning how best to respond to troubling situations, some of which could be life threatening.

National Black Catholic Congress XIII to be held in Washington area in July

February 14, 2023
By Mark Zimmermann
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

The National Black Catholic Congress XIII will be held July 20-23 at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, just outside the District of Columbia.

Philadelphia Catholic school investigates after students post ‘blackface’ video

February 10, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

A Catholic high school in Philadelphia is taking action after several of its students posted a racially charged social media video that has sparked community protests.

Gregory: World needs African Americans’ ‘strength of character’; it ‘resides within the souls of our people’

February 6, 2023
By Richard Szczepanowski
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News

Celebrating a Feb. 5 Mass in honor of Black History Month, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory urged “ordinary people of color” to “vastly improve our world with an understanding of the strength of character that resides within the souls of our people.”

RADIO INTERVIEW: Black Catholic Nuns

February 6, 2023
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview

In this encore episode, presented during Black History Month, the Catholic Review speaks with Dr. Williams about what inspired her to write this history and what she learned in her extensive research, which included a look at the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence.

Living my Lenten discipline through the lessons of Black History Month

February 1, 2023
By Effie Caldarola
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Racial Justice

King’s long-ago observation rang true: The 11 o’clock hour on Sunday is the most segregated in America.

Memories of a saint

February 1, 2023
By Adrienne Curry
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Feature, Racial Justice

Throughout her life, Sister Thea pioneered the rights of African Americans in the Catholic Church and refused to accept the racial injustices she witnessed within her community.

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