Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholics in Memphis, Tennessee, and throughout the nation are joining in prayer while calling for justice, as disturbing images of a police arrest turned fatal in that city were released late Jan. 27.
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The Archdiocese of Baltimore held its annual “Faith in Baltimore” gathering Jan. 17 at Mercy High School, where it honored Annette March-Grier for her decades of caring for local citizens in need of grief support services.
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Catholic Review
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Parishioners and guests of St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore sang the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the beginning of a prayer service Jan. 16 at noon, during the parish’s 10th annual Peace Walk in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Monsignor Edward Michael Miller.
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OSV News
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is best honored when people “recall to mind and heart that the issues Dr. King placed before our nation have not been adequately accomplished,” and strive to continue his work, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory said during a Jan. 15 Mass honoring the legacy of the late civil rights leader.
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As the nation celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 16, both personal conversion and action are needed to build what the slain civil rights leader called “the beloved community,” said Catholic clergy and lay leaders.
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As the U.S. observes Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, Sister Jane Marie Klein, 84, looks back on the tragic night he was murdered and how it stayed with her.
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Archbishop Broglio noted that while society has made progress toward “a just society that leaves no one on the margins” in the 60 years since Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, nevertheless “much work remains.”
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Catholic News Service
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Although 2020 protests addressing racial disparity followed more than a century of civil liberty struggles in the U.S., more white Americans have been among the crowds of demonstrators in the more recent movement demanding racial equality than in the past, something many Catholic leaders believe is key.
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Catholic News Service
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When Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory blessed a parish cemetery’s memorial plaque honoring the unknown enslaved people buried there, Nov. 26, he noted the poignancy of his participation in the service at St. Peter Claver Parish in St. Inigoes.
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More than two dozen people from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond gathered Nov. 12 at Holy Family in Randallstown to contribute their thoughts toward visioning next year’s National Black Catholic Congress XIII.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Respect Life, World News
Advocates working to end the death penalty say they have long seen the links between racism and capital punishment and they plan to continue to speak out about it until they see a change.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints
To kick off Black Catholic History Month, the Archdiocese of Baltimore unveiled a display of six Black sainthood candidates in its lobby at the Catholic Center in Baltimore Nov. 7.
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