Racial Justice

Catholics must be ‘active participants’ in MLK’s ‘unfinished’ work, Cardinal Gregory says at Mass

January 16, 2023
By Richard Szczepanowski
OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.

Like MLK, Catholics are called by Christ to move ‘from altar to street’

January 16, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.

‘His memory still resonates’: Franciscan sister recalls MLK’s deathbed

January 16, 2023
By Robert Alan Glover
OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.

Catholics ‘must act’ for racial justice to honor MLK, says USCCB president

January 15, 2023
By OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.”

White involvement in racial justice work is key, Catholic leaders say

December 31, 2022
By Chaz Muth
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.

Cardinal Gregory blesses parish cemetery marker honoring enslaved

December 1, 2022
By Mark Zimmermann
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.

Catholics prepare for National Black Catholic Congress XIII

November 16, 2022
By Matthew Liptak
Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

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.

Link between death penalty and racism can’t be ignored, advocates say

November 13, 2022
By Carol Zimmermann
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.

Display in Catholic Center helps highlight Black Catholic History Month

November 9, 2022
By Catholic Review Staff
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.

Mass to honor six Black sainthood candidates

October 26, 2022
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints

For the second consecutive year, St. Ann in East Baltimore will host a special All Saints Day Mass Nov. 1 that will offer prayers for the canonization causes of six Black Americans.

Cardinal Gregory stresses need for believers to fight against racism

October 20, 2022
By Richard Szczepanowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

atholics, and all people of faith, must engage in the “critically important work” of fighting injustice, racism and other societal ills that prevent people from living in peace, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said in an Oct. 13 address at Fairfield University in Connecticut.

Seminar panelists: Clergy abuse has scarred minority Catholic communities

October 7, 2022
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

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.”