None of the saints associated with the United States are of African descent. The Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University intends to change that, and here are six possibilities for sainthood.

The naming of Washington’s archbishop “as a cardinal is huge, it’s historic.”

Wilton Gregory said he hopes Pope Francis will find him to be “supportive, encouraging and trustworthy” in his role as a cardinal, but his primary ministry is still to be the archbishop of Washington.

For Black, brown and poor students in-person schooling is an essential service.

"Like Peter Claver, are we not called to see Christ in every face and to hear him in every voice," he said, "no matter what race or ethnic backgrounds those faces and voices may represent?"

A former president of Georgetown remembers the legendary coach John Thompson Jr.