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Greg Warner Transfiguration

LA celebrates election of local Knight of Peter Claver to national post

Pablo Kay|Sep 16, 2026|4 Min Read

Anderson Shaw speaks at the Black Ancestral Mass at St. Odilia Church in South LA Nov. 11, 2023. Shaw died April 3, 2026, at the age 87, less than three weeks after a brain cancer diagnosis. (Victor Alemán)

Anderson Shaw, the quiet visionary who kept LA Black Catholics together

Pablo Kay|May 11, 2026|7 Min Read

A home burns behind the wreckage of Trena Spurlock’s home during the Eaton Fire. (Trena Spurlock)

Altadena’s Black Catholic community ‘not walking away’ after Eaton Fire

Natalie Romano|Jan 28, 2025|5 Min Read

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Faith

Black Catholics look to a new generation of leaders at LA gathering

Britney Zint|Nov 29, 2024|6 Min Read

Attendees pray during the African American Catholic Center for Evangelization's 22nd Annual Black History Mass on Feb. 10 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. (Victor Alemán)

For Black Catholic history, holiness is God’s response to injustice

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Feb 13, 2024|4 Min Read

Black Saints

Baltimore group visits Vatican officials to advocate for canonization of Black Catholics

Christopher Gunty|Nov 30, 2023|4 Min Read

Candles featuring the photos of a deceased community member were placed on the altar at St. Odilia Church during the 14th annual African American Ancestral Mass on Nov. 11. (Victor Alemán)

Black Catholic History Month: Ancestral Mass honors the past

Natalie Romano|Nov 21, 2023|5 Min Read

Racism

Bishop Perry praises investigations into racist histories, champions Black Catholic saint causes

Maria Wiering|May 31, 2023|6 Min Read

Sister Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster

Faith

Nun's possibly incorrupt remains point to rich U.S. Black Catholic heritage, say experts

Gina Christian|May 25, 2023|5 Min Read

Black Catholics

National Black Catholic Congress XIII to be held in Washington area in July

Mark Zimmermann|Feb 13, 2023|5 Min Read

MLK

Like MLK, Catholics are called by Christ to move 'from altar to street'

Gina Christian|Jan 13, 2023|3 Min Read

"African American Paths to Sainthood," by Brother Leo Franca. (Courtesy Father Josh Johnson, all rights reserved)

Faith

For Black Catholic History Month, meet the ‘Holy Six’

Michael Heinlein|Nov 4, 2022|3 Min Read

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