Especially in the wake of last weekend’s racially charged tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, the highest-ranking African-American prelate in the United [...]
ATLANTA—Mike Barry, former parishioner of St. Philip Benizi Church in Jonesboro, has made dozens of mission trips to Ghana, forging a bond with the people of the West African nation.
LAGRANGE—Louis Dekmar wants to “interrupt the past” to reconcile and repair relations between law enforcement and the African American community.
ATLANTA—Venerable Father Augustus Tolton, the first African American diocesan priest, was advanced to the second phase of sainthood on June 12 by Pope Francis.
JONESBORO—A jerry can of 44 pounds of water was hauled by young and old during a walk on the campus of St. Philip Benizi Church in solidarity with African women and girls who must haul as many as [...]
(OSV News)–Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has been appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, following Pope Francis’ acceptance of the resignation of Cardinal [...]
Eric T. Styles interviews the retired African-American prelate on liturgy, the reforms of Pope Francis, and the nascent Pope Leo XIV.
