Dean of Georgetown Law says interim U.S. attorney’s DEI threat attacks its Catholic mission March 13, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Racial Justice, World News The dean of Georgetown University’s law school said the Jesuit institution will not alter its curriculum formed in Catholic teaching despite a threat from the District of Columbia’s acting top prosecutor.
Rev. King’s legacy involves ‘uniting our nation as one community of hope,’ cardinal says January 21, 2025By Nicole Olea OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Catholics from across the Archdiocese of Washington gathered at Holy Family Catholic Church in Hillcrest Heights to honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Pope calls for inclusion of Romani people in the church January 13, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News God has not abandoned the Romani people even if it often seemed that the society and even Catholic Church had, Pope Francis said.
Archbishop Broglio: MLK challenges all to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity January 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.
How Father Tolton handled travails, transitions is model for living out the faith, says bishop December 29, 2024By Jay Nies OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Saints, World News A Missouri native, Father Augustus Tolton is recognized as the first African American to be ordained a priest. A candidate for sainthood, he has the title of “Venerable.”
Gathering aims to foster understanding of Native American boarding school harms November 17, 2024By Rebecca Omastiak OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Racial Justice, World News Hosted by the Catholic Racial Justice Coalition, or CRJC, and Gichitwaa Kateri in Minneapolis, the event drew members of Native American communities, local Catholics, members of the local Twin Cities community, and leaders within the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to pray, to acknowledge harm caused by Native boarding schools, to learn and to celebrate the vitality of Native cultures.
Bishops mark Maryland Emancipation Day, affirm dignity of all October 31, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, News, Racial Justice The Catholic bishops of Maryland commemorated the 160th anniversary of Maryland Emancipation Day, affirming the dignity of every human person and noting that slavery was dehumanizing, reducing human beings to mere property.
Underground railroad September 18, 2024By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Racial Justice Although many Americans were abolitionists, particularly the Quakers, or Friends, it’s scandalous to us now to admit that many Christian churches were complicit in profiteering from slavery, the Catholic Church being no exception.
Indigenous coalition asks Supreme Court to stop mine threatening sacred site September 12, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Racial Justice, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News A coalition of Western Apache people, along with other Native American and non-Indigenous supporters, under the banner of the non-profit Apache Stronghold, asked the U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 11 to protect their sacred site at Oak Flat, Arizona, from destruction by a copper mining giant after a federal appeals court rejected their request.
New book tells the story of 16 Catholic heroes of civil and human rights September 11, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice, World News The authors of a new book profiling 16 holy men and women who championed civil and human rights want readers to know: You can be a saint.
Bishop Perry on Juneteenth: ‘We must remain relentless’ in pursuit of ‘equality and equity’ June 20, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News As the nation marked Juneteenth, the head of the U.S. bishops’ anti-racism committee called for renewed efforts to combat the historical legacy of slavery and racism.
Bishops OK Indigenous ministry pastoral plan; healing, mission, reconciliation among its aims June 15, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Racial Justice, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops have approved a new pastoral plan for Indigenous Catholics, almost half a century since the last such document.
