Descendants of Jesuit enslavement to host historic gathering Labor Day Weekend
The first of its kind, the event will be led by descendants of the infamous GU272 Jesuit slave sale in 1838, which salvaged Georgetown University.
Black parishes
Louisville racial justice pilgrimage set for September
Modern Catholic Pilgrim is organizing the event in partnership with the archdiocese, and Archbishop Shelton Fabre is expected to attend.
Review: 'Remarkable' book on Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine chronicles Black Catholic education
Efran Menny reviews a timely text elucidating post-Civil War Catholic history in the nation's oldest city.
Activist and theologian Fr Phil Linden, SSJ, accused of child sex abuse
The former chair of theology at Xavier University of Louisiana was newly listed in June as having been accused in the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2020.
Tuskegee's St. Joseph Catholic School destroyed in fire on Thursday
Closed in 2020, the school may have been set ablaze by a lightning strike, according to local officials.
'The diocese has been disingenuous': Holy Rosary & St. John Catholic Church facing closure in Columbus
Members of the 125-year-old parish say they were fooled by recent statements from the bishop, which the diocese says were misinterpreted.
'Historic ordination': Fr Patrick Winbush, OSB raised to the priesthood in Newark
The 42-year-old Benedictine monk is the first African American ordained in Newark in more than 20 years.
Josephite seminarians renew religious promises in Maryland
The historic religious society is celebrating 130 years this year and preparing for ordinations, first professions, and a general conference in June.
Patrick Winbush, OSB, to be ordained a priest May 20
The 42-year-old monk is one of three African Americans being ordained in the Catholic Church this year.
First Mass celebrated at Lexington's St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in new building
The historic Black Catholic parish in Kentucky had been worshiping in its parish hall following the demolition of its former church in 2015.
Gospel music catechesis helps enliven N.C. Catholic parish
The innovative program at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Durham, North Carolina, is led in part by a young Black Catholic.
St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Lexington to dedicate new building April 16
One of Kentucky's oldest Black Catholic parishes will solemnize a new building after years of planning and 18 months of construction.
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Shreveport celebrating 100 years on Sunday
Amid measured triumph over a planned freeway extension, a historic Catholic church in northwest Louisiana is celebrating its centennial this weekend.
'Black basilica' in Norfolk, Va. receives $150k preservation grant
The funds will help the predominantly African-American Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception hire staff to maintain recently completed repairs.
St. Benedict the Moor in Manhattan sold to Taiwanese billionaire
The first Black Catholic parish north of the Mason-Dixon line has been sold by the Archdiocese of New York.
Appeal filed on closure of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Philadelphia
The City of Brotherly Love could soon lose one of its most historic churches—but parishioners and allies are pushing back.