Sr Mary Roger Thibodeaux, noted 'Black power' nun, dead at 86
The veteran Sister of the Blessed Sacrament wrote a 1972 book on Black Power and spent many years as an educator, national organizer, and evangelist.
The veteran Sister of the Blessed Sacrament wrote a 1972 book on Black Power and spent many years as an educator, national organizer, and evangelist.
Samantha Smith says the new Catholic flick is worth a watch, with strong acting and a compelling American story with an Italian twist.
Kevin Tachie explores a recent dissertation on the experience of Jesuit formation for Black men in America.
Royce Hood heads up a new project on a story of perseverance, uncommon Catholic faith, and possible sainthood.
On the first modern Black saint, patron of African Americans and namesake of various U.S. institutions, whose relics were damaged in a 2023 fire.
Fr Martin Maria de Porres Ward, a Boston-born Conventual Franciscan who served in Brazil, has been under consideration for sainthood since 2020.
Williams also won the 2022 Letitia Woods Brown Award for Best Book in African American Women's History from the Association of Black Women Historians.
A celebratory weekend at St. Augustine Seminary culminated in a once-in-a-lifetime liturgy attended by beaucoup bishops and Black Catholics alike.
The Mississippi school educated many of the nation's first Black Catholic priests, including several who would go on to become bishops.
The 45-year Franciscan priest was accused of child sex abuse dating to the 1970s and removed from ministry in 2004. He was laicized after leaving the order.
The barrier-breaking Black Catholic was the grandson of a formerly enslaved man and was turned away from other orders due to his race.
The historic French religious community first arrived in Missouri 200 hundred years ago and established the city's first Black Catholic parish.
The Kentucky native was recently a featured speaker for the 2023 National Day of Prayer for Black Vocations.
Efran Menny reviews a timely text elucidating post-Civil War Catholic history in the nation's oldest city.
A letter from a young Black Catholic seminarian in Seattle explains his discernment of the priesthood, call to religious life, and how he's figuring it all out.
The 73-year-old Precious Blood priest, the first African American ordained in the city of Cleveland, had for years been in failing health.