Catholicism was the established religion of colonial Haiti, the site of one of the largest populations of enslaved peoples in the Americas.
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Bishop forbids Jesuit-run school from calling itself ‘Catholic’ for flying LGBT and Black Lives Matter flags
Bishop Robert J. McManus of Worcester, Mass., stripped the “Catholic” moniker from a Jesuit-run school over its decision to continue flying flags supporting L.G.B.T. pride and Black Lives Matter.
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Missing persons of color should be a pro-life issue for Catholics
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria talks to Natalie Wilson, the co-founder of a nonprofit dedicated to searching for missing people of color when police and the media fall short.
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When holy days and holidays coincide
June 19, 2022, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ: The Eucharist is a feast that celebrates care for others and the freedom that comes after suffering.
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Theophilus Lewis: A Black Catholic convert who brought the Harlem Renaissance to the pages of ‘America’
Theophilus Lewis wrote hundreds of theater reviews for “America,” though he got his start as a critic for a magazine central to the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s.
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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.
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50 years after a group of Catholic sisters formed Network, the activist group pledges to focus on racial justice
Network, known for its “Nuns on the Bus” campaign, is celebrating an anniversary. But it is not slowing down its efforts toward creating a racially, economically and socially just world.
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Review: ‘The Agitators’ vindicates three women who ended up on the right side of history
In “The Agitators,” Dorothy Wickenden explores 19th-century intersections of class, racism and patriarchy through the lives of the escaped slave Harriet Tubman and the activists Martha Wright and Frances Seward.
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Pope Francis will visit Indigenous peoples in Canada in late July, Vatican confirms
Pope Francis will meet members of Canada’s Indigenous communities in late July, visiting the cities of Edmonton, Quebec, and Iqaluit in Nunavut, the country’s most northern region.
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Report identifies abuses of Native American children in U.S. boarding schools, some run by Catholics
About 50 percent of the schools received support or involvement from religious institutions or organizations, according to the report.