Explainer: Three Vatican consistories and 21 new cardinals
The pope's surprise summer consistories are beginning this weekend in Rome. Briana Huddleston dives into the most striking storylines.
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Opinion: The sainthood process doesn’t work for US Blacks because they don’t see us
Ralph Moore Jr., a member of the group behind a letter-writing campaign to canonize the six African Americans to sainthood, makes his case for hagiological inclusion.
New Vatican survey seeks responses for the 2023 Synod on Synodality
A new Vatican survey will supplement responses from the lay faithful (and others) to the Synod on Synodality scheduled for October 2023 in Rome.
The Black Pope and slavery: silence amid the madness
The Jesuit's top priest paid a mostly secret visit to the US last week, and one Black Catholic academic says African Americans deserved much more.
Cardinal Gregory issues liturgical norms for Latin Mass in DC
Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington has issued his official restrictions on the Latin Mass in his archdiocese, following a year of discernment and input.
Nikole Hannah-Jones joins delegation to Vatican pressing for slavery reparations
Four African-American scholars met with a papal representative in Rome this week to discuss the need for economic repair in response to the Church's role in the slave trade.
National prayer union for firefighters honors Denver's Black Catholic saint-to-be
Servant of God Julia Greeley has perhaps the most active cause among the six US Black Catholic saints-to-be, and a prayer union is her guild's latest initiative.
Black Catholic leaders speak out on Uvalde shooting
The latest US mass shooting occurred Tuesday in Texas, the worst since Sandy Hook in 2012. Black Catholics around the country—and the pope—have responded.
Report: Alleged miracles for sainthood cause of Venerable Augustus Tolton now under investigation
A number of miracles that could bring about the first-ever beatification of an African American are now being inspected by official investigators from Rome.
Catholic sculptor Edmonia Lewis to receive official US postage stamp
A new stamp from the US Postal Service will honor a Black Catholic sculptor who spent much of her career gaining accolades in Rome.
Campaign in support of African-American saint candidates sending first batch of letters to Rome
A letter-writing initiative to expedite the sainthood causes of African Americans is sending several hundred letters to the Holy See this week.
Black Catholic, first African American to cross the Atlantic, invited to Vatican for World AIDS Day
A noted HIV/AIDS activist from New York is headed to Rome later this week to commemorate a historic meeting with Pope St John Paul II.
In conference address, Pope Francis praises George Floyd protesters as 'collective Samaritans'
In a message to a global gathering of social justice activists, the Holy Father once again backed protests over the past year and a half for Black lives.
'Whenever I recall Our Lady’s title, I will be united with you': Cardinal Gregory takes possession of titular church, Immaculate Conception in Rome
The nation's first and only Black cardinal made history in Rome this morning, completing the final formality of his elevation.