The image of a white victim does not tell the complete story of clergy sexual abuse in the United States, according to a number of panelists during an Oct. 5 online forum titled “Neglected Voices in the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis.”
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Catholic sisters, organizations call efforts to suppress voting a ‘sin’
Organizations led by women religious in the U.S., as well as other Catholic institutions, denounced those who threaten democracy and efforts that make it difficult for some U.S. citizens to vote.
Pilgrims mark anniversary of national shrine’s Our Mother of Africa Chapel
The National Black Catholic Congress hosted a pilgrimage celebration to the Our Mother of Africa Chapel.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Black Catholic Nuns
In “Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle,” Dr. Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States. We speak 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.
Actor is ‘transformed’ by portraying Father Tolton in theater production
After nearly 300 performances of “Tolton: From Slave to Priest,” actor Jim Coleman said his life has been transformed.
New leader for Office of Black Catholic Ministries brings background in social justice
As Adrienne Curry prepares to take on a new role as director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Office of Black Catholic Ministries, she hopes to apply her extensive background in the social justice movement and her pastoral experience to support the Black Catholic community in Maryland.
Parishes enter ‘honest conversations’ on race
In churches across the Archdiocese of Baltimore, parishioners are gathering to search for ways to come to grips with how racism affects society and one another.
Remembering Buffalo shooting victims, Catholics pray for end to racism
From a Franciscan parish in a city where one of the victims once lived to a border city that experienced a similar mass shooting, Catholics around the nation have gathered to remember those gunned down May 14 in Buffalo, N.Y., and are praying for an end to violence and racism.
Archbishop Lori joins bishops expressing sorrow, condemning racially motivated shooting in Buffalo
Several U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after reports of a May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left at least three injured and 10 dead — a crime authorities categorized as likely motivated by hatred for Black people.
Panel brings Sister Thea Bowman’s life and legacy to Georgetown audience
Sister Thea Bowman, one of six Black Catholics known as a “Servant of God” now that their sainthood causes are being advanced, has plenty of lessons to impart from her life to Catholics today, said panelists at a Georgetown University dialogue May 4 that featured not only personal perspectives but was also peppered with song.
Archbishop Lori makes fight against racism a priority
In his 10 years leading the Archdiocese in Baltimore, Archbishop William E. Lori has made the fight against racism one of his central themes.
Oblate Sisters say Mother Lange’s courage, resilience is model for today
Mother Mary Lange, who founded the first Black Catholic school in the United States and the first religious order for women of color, is an example of courageous resilience the church needs, say members of her order, the Oblate Sisters of Providence.