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 ...

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 ...

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

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 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 ...

The existence of Africans in India dates back many centuries. During the expansion of Islam to northern India at the end of the 10th century, many Africans served as slaves or soldiers in the Indian ...

(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 ...