Panel: Racism compounds the clergy sex abuse crisis for Black Catholics ncronline.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncronline.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Worshippers pray during a Black History Month Mass of thanksgiving Feb. 28, 2021, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn, New York. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)
The vast majority of Black Catholics say fighting racism and sexism is essential to their faith, yet the majority-white churches they often attend are failing to meet their needs, said speakers on a Feb. 25 panel on Black Catholics faith and religious practices. We [Black Catholics] believe on some level that the church needs us sometimes more than we need the church, said Fr. Bryan Massingale, professor of ethics and theology at Fordham University and author of
Study: Black Americans Want Religious Services to Deal with Racial Equality voanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from voanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Feb 26, 2021 national correspondent
A portrait of Ahmaud Arbery is seen at New Springfield Baptist Church in Waynesboro, Ga., Feb. 23, 2021. One year earlier, the unarmed Black man was chased, shot and killed by a white former law enforcement officer and his son. (Credit: Dustin Chambers/ Reuters, via CNS) Editor s note: No resales. No archives.
An Archdiocese of Milwaukee priest claimed Thursday that what he calls the “Black Catholic exodus” from the Catholic Church in America calls into question the Catholic Church’s credibility and integrity.
NEW YORK An Archdiocese of Milwaukee priest claimed Thursday that what he calls the “Black Catholic exodus” from the Church in America calls into question the Catholic Church’s credibility and integrity.
Feb 20, 2021
FILE - In this Monday, July 11, 2016 file photo, Paul Bronson prays during a Black Lives Matter prayer vigil at First Baptist Church, a predominantly African-American congregation, in Macon, Ga. According to a Pew study released on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most of them attend churches that are predominantly Black yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
NEW YORK Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most attend churches that are predominantly Black, yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. There is broad respect for Black churches’ historical role in seeking racial equality, coupled with a widespread perception they have lost influence in recent decades.