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.
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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.
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
How can Catholics help bridge our nation’s racial divide?
Every individual, organization, institution and structure in the church must do something to counter the intensification of the racial divide in our country.
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A Portrait of Black Catholicism: Celebrating 40 years of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium
In 1978, Thaddeus Posey, O.F.M., started the Black Catholic Theological Symposium.
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The beautiful legacy of black Catholicism in the United States
This week’s guest is Mary C. Curtis, an award-winning journalist who is currently a columnist for Roll Call. Her latest article for America is “Catholics of color are keeping the U.S. Catholic Church alive.” Ms. Curtis says “being [a] black Catholic was very natural, it was just my life.” She grew up in Maryland, and […]
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“The Magis and Justice” – Rev. Bryan Massingale | Live @ IFTJ 2017
Fr. Bryan Massingale is one of the world’s leading Catholic social ethicists and scholars of African-American theological ethics, racial justice, and liberation theology. He joined the Fordham theology faculty in the fall of 2016. Previously, Fr. Massingale was on the faculty at Marquette University, where in 2009 he received that institution’s highest award for excellence […]
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We need images of the Black Madonna now more than ever
In my lifetime, I do not recall having so many reasons to cry and send up my sighs to Mary for help and hope.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The Ghosts of Toni Morrison: A Catholic writer confronts the legacy of slavery
This year, Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon” turn 30 and 40, respectively. What role did the author’s conversion to Catholicism play in her writing?
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Catholics of color are keeping the U.S. Catholic Church alive
The Catholic Church in the United States is being transformed by its black and brown parishioners, whose numbers and voices are rising.
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‘Act justly, love goodness’: Black Catholics in America
The Catholic Church in the United States boasts 71 million members, 2.9 million of whom are black. Representatives from that vibrant community met in Orlando in July for the National Black Catholic Congress. The event concluded with the prophet Micah’s call to “act justly, love goodness and walk humbly with your God.”