The Black Catholic priest and theological ethicist will speak on a theme related to his upcoming book, due for release next year from Orbis Books.
The ceremony will follow a Mass celebrated by Bishop Louis Kihneman III at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, a historically Black parish.
The protracted legal battle leading up to his execution included widespread condemnation of the experimental method—including from the UN and the EU.
To be unveiled in March, the project joins EJI's Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which are also in Alabama's capital.
Invoking an iconic blueprint, Dr. Ronald Smith issues a call to action concerning the growing opposition to racial equity across the South.
The 73-year-old Precious Blood priest, the first African American ordained in the city of Cleveland, had for years been in failing health.
Closed in 2020, the school may have been set ablaze by a lightning strike, according to local officials.
One of the earliest activists against segregated buses in Alabama, she was arrested at 18 for refusing to give up her seat to a White person in October 1955.
The liturgy will take place at noon ET in the Cathedral of the Assumption on Thursday.
The first mass shooting in the city this year has drawn reactions from Archbishop Shelton Fabre, and follows recent attempts to loosen gun laws statewide.
Jeanné Lewis explains her connection to the voting rights struggle, and how all people of goodwill—including public servants—must act now.
A Catholic religious order known for work with African Americans will host a webinar tonight on disenfranchisement and possible responses.
A veteran religious brother who served in one of the first interracial religious communities in America has succumbed to illness in Indiana.
Historian Jari C. Honora fetes Gilbert Faustina, the first Supreme Knight of the nation's premier Black Catholic fraternal order.
An Alabama man serving a prison sentence for robbery has made headlines for an alleged lack of medical care. Alabama clergy spoke out on October 14.
