When the Rev. Matthew Baum attended Johnstown’s Juneteenth activities recently, he was on a multi-layered mission. Baum, rector at St. John Gualbert Cathedral and St. Patrick Catholic Church, both in ...

Her journey to becoming a trailblazer for women in rodeo began 38 years ago when Villery joined the Bill Pickett Rodeo. Named ...

When the Rev. Matthew Baum attended Johnstown’s Juneteenth activities recently, he was on a multi-layered mission.

Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange -- a Black Catholic nun who founded the United States' first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829 -- has advanced another step toward sainthood.

Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump’s order Critics say Trump is trying to force a distorted national narrative that glosses over slavery and ...

Warren directed and released his 2022 film, “A Place at the Table: African Americans on the Path to Sainthood,” on the “Saintly Six” African American men and ...

The Archdiocese of Chicago will hold its 47th annual African American Heritage Prayer Service at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., Chicago. Rev. Thulani Magwaza, pastor at St.

Gail Lumet Buckley, who died on July 18, was an award-winning chronicler of the African American experience. She once wrote of herself in 'America' that "I choose the cross of faith over the sword ...

Black Catholic history has created a strong community of faith, not only here in Los Angeles but all across the country.

As the number of American priests declines, Catholic missionaries from Kenya, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa are filling pulpits across the U.S.

The six African American candidates for sainthood are known collectively as the “Saintly Six.” Though some have earned venerable or servant of God titles, supporters believe they deserve to be honored ...