Morrison’s work conveyed the pain, sacrifice and trauma that exemplifies so much of the African-American experience.
Black Catholics
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Religious orders owning slaves isn’t new—black Catholics have emphasized this history for years
Black Catholics have been at the forefront of the push to get the Vatican to confront the church’s racist past and present.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How one woman’s experience of trauma is bringing others back to the church
God hears our cries. In our misery and pain, she hears us. And in answering us, she calls us. Calls us to move past the pain, past the misery, to her warm embrace, to the peace that surpasses all understanding.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
How gospel music helped me find my Catholic identity
My relationship with gospel music was forged not just on those Sunday mornings at home with Jackson and in church with my family but also on late nights in the backseat of a 1962 Chevy Bel Air sedan.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Catholics can learn a lot from Black Lives Matter
This week’s guest is Olga Segura, an associate editor at America. We discuss her article “What Black Lives Matter can teach Catholics about racial justice.” We also discuss these articles: The return of Daniel Berrigan’s ‘The Trial of the Catonsville nine’ Explainer: Former Cardinal McCarrick faces laicization. What does that mean? Andrew Cuomo and the […]
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What Black Lives Matter can teach Catholics about racial justice
The Black Lives Matter movement has grown to become the first major racial justice movement in the United States since the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
Posted inFaith, News
Black men reverse the gender split on religion, research shows
A study by the Pew Research Center released Wednesday (Sept. 26) has found that while black men are less religious than black women, they are more religious than white women and white men.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
From the church to the public stage, Aretha Franklin earned her respect
In the patriarchal spaces of the music world as well as the church world, Aretha Franklin demanded respect for her talents and her work.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
This university is set to become a hub for the sainthood causes of African-American Catholics
Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, announced July 31 that the university and its Institute for Black Catholic Studies will become the new hub for the advancement of sainthood causes of African-American Catholics.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This week #BlackLivesMatter turned 5. Catholics must continue to embrace its mission.
The Catholic Church has renewed efforts to fight racism in the U.S., but Black Lives Matter deserves credit for keeping our attention on racial justice.