Shannen Dee Williams’s ‘Subversive Habits’ uncovers—with authoritative, painstaking scholarship—a great deal of what was hidden and some of what has been erased concerning white supremacy in the Roman Catholic Church.
Black Catholics
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Could Julia Greeley be one of the church’s first Black American saints?
Julia Greeley, a paragon of humility and charity in the 19th and early 20th centuries, was born into slavery. Now she is poised to become one of the first African American saints.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The hallmarks of Black Catholic spirituality in the work of Toni Morrison
The reader can see God in all areas of Toni Morrison’s characters’ circumstances—in the “magic,” in the pain and suffering, and in the call to healing and wholeness that leads to life.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
What is Pope Francis saying to Catholics in the U.S. South with the appointment of another Black bishop?
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Rev. Jacques Fabre, who on May 13 will be installed as the first Black bishop of the Diocese of Charleston—and one of a handful Black bishops in the United States.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Podcast: What Catholics need to know about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation
A look at the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court and the key questions raised during the Senate hearings for Catholics
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
At Loyola Blakefield in Maryland, Black alumni pave the way for future students
Kenneth Montague became the first African-American student at Loyola in 1956. He “opened the door for others to follow.”
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The Catholic Church shut its doors on Black Americans. But we can still be made new.
Chris Smith, S.J.—one of a small number of Black Jesuits in formation in the U.S.—joins “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” to talk about his multi-racial family’s legacy of love, racism, reconciliation and healing.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The Black authors all Catholics should read
As we celebrate Black History Month, we recognize Black authors from past and present, including two prominent theologians.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Jesus calls us to turn the other cheek. But what does that mean in a world of corruption and injustice?
Feb. 20, the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus calls us to love our enemies—not to passively accept injustice.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
A History of Black Catholics in the United States
Recovering the history of black Catholics is an important challenge for all black Americans and for their churches.