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This image of Julia Greeley, a former slave who lived in Colorado, was created by iconographer Vivian Imbruglia, who was commission to do the painting by the Archdiocese of Denver. Greeley's sainthood cause is before the Vatican. (CNS photo/iconographer Vivian Imbruglia, courtesy Archdiocese of Denver)

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Could Julia Greeley be one of church's first Black American saints?

Catholic News Service|Jun 1, 2022|4 Min Read

A man prays during a Mass marking Black Catholic History Month Nov. 21, 2021, at Our Lady of Victory Church in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, N.Y. The liturgy was co-sponsored by the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Archdiocese of New York. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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Study: Black Catholics worship more with other races than solely their own

Mark Pattison|Mar 15, 2022|4 Min Read

Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Edward W. Clark smiles during a Nov. 17, 2021, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

LA’s Bishop Ed Clark retires, leaving behind legacy as a trusted healer

Mike Nelson|Feb 15, 2022|8 Min Read

A woman holds her baby as a member of the Sisters of Life looks on during the annual Mother's Day celebration at the religious community's retreat house in Stamford, Connecticut. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Without abortion, Black women and children can thrive

Christina Bennett|Jan 18, 2022|4 Min Read

Shannen Dee Williams, assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, addresses the Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly in Atlanta Aug. 10. She spoke about racism and U.S. religious life. (CNS/Michael Alexander, Georgia Bulletin via Crux)

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Black religious orders broke racial barriers in the U.S.

John Lavenburg|Feb 11, 2021|4 Min Read

A young woman prays on the second evening of an African American Catholic revival celebration at St. Rita's Church in San Diego in 2018. (Catholic News Service file photo/David Maung)

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How Catholics should be thinking about Black History Month

Father Joshua Johnson|Feb 8, 2021|4 Min Read

Sheila Stiles Jewell, a geneticist marine biologist, is seen at her home in Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 30, 2019. (CNS photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

Black Catholic is trailblazer in science; she has been geneticist for 56 years

Catholic News Service|Feb 4, 2021|4 Min Read

Sister Thea Bowman at a Walsh University event held on Sept. 18, 1989. (Katie Hutchison/Wikimedia Commons)

Holiness, God’s answer to hate

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Feb 2, 2021|4 Min Read

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

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The holy perseverance of six Black Catholics on the road to sainthood

Angelus Staff|Feb 2, 2021|13 Min Read

Franciscan Sister Telma Barbosa is pictured in an undated photo. Sister Barbosa works to boost the self-image of teen girls in Brazil's Amazon. (CNS photo/courtesy Sister Telma Barbosa)

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Brazilian nun works to raise Black teen girls' self-esteem in Amazon

Catholic News Service|Jan 26, 2021|3 Min Read

New Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington attends a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis with new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 29, 2020. (CNS photo/Gregorio Borgia, Reuters pool)

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Black Catholics express joy at elevation of first African American cardinal

Mark Zimmermann|Nov 30, 2020|6 Min Read

Third graders at St. John Berchmans School in Chicago walk outside of the building, in this 2013 file photo. Catholic schools, especially those serving urban areas, have been disproportionately impacted in the ongoing fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, three U.S. bishops told the Congressional Black Caucus leaders July 31, 2020. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)

Bishops to Congress: Help Black families meet children's educational needs

Catholic News Service|Jul 31, 2020|4 Min Read

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