SUGAR LAND, Texas — Who carried the cross for Christ? Who carried the Good News to Ethiopia? Who collated the list of books we now call the New Testament? They were African saints. In his new book, ...

Frustrated with a church that didn't reflect his identity, Ralph Moore went into St. Pius Church in West Baltimore late one night with his friends and painted the statues of Jesus and Mary black — a ...

Frustrated with a church that didn’t reflect his identity, Ralph Moore went into St. Pius Church in West Baltimore late one night with his friends and painted the statues of Jesus and Mary black — a ...

At 65, she struggled climbing stairs. Today, she's one of the best senior powerlifters in the world ...

When I read “The priest from Boston who could be one of the first African American saints” (Ideas, Dec. 25), I was puzzled until of course I remembered the Boston-type provincialism that seems to ...

The history of the Catholic Church is inextricably linked with Africa. The first Gentile convert mentioned in the New Testament was an African. Three of the church’s first 50 popes were from the ...

A Mass for Black Catholic History Month. (RNS) — Frustrated with a church that didn’t reflect his identity, Ralph Moore went into St. Pius Church in West Baltimore late one night with his friends and ...

The Saint Benedict Institute will host the Most Reverend Joseph N. Perry for a talk titled “African American Saints in the Making” on Monday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in the Haworth Hotel.

Introduction: the Black female body: seeing, believing and perpetuating popular and literary images -- A raisin in the sun: the strong Black woman as acceptable tyrant -- Strength and the battle ...

(RNS) — ‘It is embarrassing to many of us that in the church where we worship, there are no United States African American saints recognized by the highest church authorities.’ (RNS) — Frustrated with ...