african-americans Archives

Fiery Episcopal bishop brings American flare to royal wedding
- May 19, 2018
Episcopalian Bishop Michael Curry brought African-American flair to Saturday’s Royal Wedding, including a tip of the cap to the late French Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin.

By Associated Press
After year of racial tension, black voters set the tone at voting booth
- Dec 23, 2017
Some say that the public shows of racism the country witnessed in 2017 in places such as Charlottesville, coupled with the negative depictions of immigrants, particularly Latinos as criminals, that have seeped into the political arena, will end up backfiring against politicians trying to appeal to some voters who helped elect Donald Trump.

By Rhina Guidos
Louisiana bishop celebrates Mass to remember 1887 massacre of African-Americans
- Nov 24, 2017
Bishop Shelton Fabre, Bishop of the Houma-Thibodaux Diocese, decided to celebrate the special Mass in Thibodaux on Thursday after learning that the city had declared the day “1887 Memorial Day,” honoring 30 to 60 people killed Nov. 23, 1887 to end a strike by sugar plantation workers.

By Associated Press

Black Catholic Congress discusses social justice

Jul 12, 2017

Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville gave several imperatives to the National Black Catholic Congress: Listen, learn, think, act and pray. The bishop said African-American Catholics need to get into real conversations with others in the community about their history so they can grow by means of knowledge.

On the link between ‘Black lives matter’ and being pro-life

Oct 25, 2016

Currently, black lives are sometimes treated as if they mattered less than other lives, and that’s a gross injustice. Hence, the purpose of the rallying cry: to give black lives singular attention and singular mention, because they suffer singular degradation.