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FaithFaith in Focus
Mickey McGrath, O.S.F.S.
In my lifetime, I do not recall having so many reasons to cry and send up my sighs to Mary for help and hope.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Nadra Nittle
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?
FaithLast Take
Mary C. Curtis
The Catholic Church in the United States is being transformed by its black and brown parishioners, whose numbers and voices are rising.
Retired Bishop Gordon D. Bennett of Mandeville, Jamaica, poses for a photo with an attendees of the 12th National Black Catholic Congress on July 9 in Orlando. (CNS/courtesy Nancy Jo Davis, National Black Catholic Congress)
FaithDispatches
Anna J. Marchese
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.”
Arts & CultureArt
Cecilia González-Andrieu
At first encounter, Harmonia Rosales’s “The Creation of God” is striking. It is beautiful and familiar. Like Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam,” Rosales’s painting portrays the creation of humankind. However, the skin tones, gender and story being depicted by the artist are strikingly different.
Politics & Society
Kaya Oakes
St. Columba began celebrating Black Catholic History Month and Kwanzaa alongside the regular events in the liturgical calendar.