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.
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Pope apologizes for treatment of Indigenous in Canada, promises to visit
Expressing “sorrow and shame” for the complicity of Catholics in abusing Indigenous children in Canada and helping in the attempt to erase their culture, Pope Francis pledged to address the issue more fully when he visits Canada.
Canadian Indigenous give pope moccasins, ask him to walk with them
Members of the Métis National Council gave Pope Francis a set of beaded moccasins and asked him to walk with them on the path of truth, justice and healing of Canada’s Indigenous communities and their relationship with the Catholic Church, said Cassidy Caron, president of the council.
Loyola University Maryland hosts its first expungement clinic to benefit Govans neighborhood
In partnership with Maryland Legal Aid, Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore hosted its first “expungement clinic” on York Road March 19 to benefit more than 60 members of the university’s neighboring Govans community.
Study: Black Catholics worship more with other races than solely their own
A Pew Research Center study has found that only one-fourth of U.S. Black Catholics worship in majority-Black parishes.
Documentary captures history-making moments in Calvert Hall basketball
“No Limits,” a book about Calvert Hall basketball, was received so well that Mark Amatucci and his co-authors decided to enter uncharted territory by making a documentary film tackling the same subject matter.
Pioneering Baltimorean was nation’s first Black woman to receive an officer’s commission in the Air Force
Ortega made history by becoming the nation’s first African American woman directly commissioned as a U.S. Air Force officer.
Research shows original congregations of Sisters of Charity owned slaves
New research from public records and congregation and diocesan archives has found that six congregations of the Sisters of Charity Federation have predecessors who owned slaves.
Louisville, Ky., archbishop retires; pope names Black bishop as successor
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, and appointed as his successor Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana.
Reject racism to ‘live the way’ Creator intended us to live, cardinal says
People must “reject all forms of racism, bigotry and injustice” and recognize “we are each made by God and are deserving of respect and dignity because of just that,” Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said Feb. 3.
Xavier University of Louisiana receives bomb threats Feb. 1
Xavier University of Louisiana was among a group of several historically Black colleges and universities in the United States that received bomb threats.
Bishop: Imitate Rev. King’s ‘prophetic witness’ in work for civil rights justice
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged all people of goodwill to commemorate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Jan. 17 holiday named for him by remembering “not only the justice he pursued, but how he pursued it.” The civil rights leader […]