EN ES

Subscribe

Black History Month

Deacon Michel Hodge distributes Communion during Mass at the inaugural New York Black Catholic Congress at Blessed Sacrament Church in New Rochelle, N.Y., Nov. 22, 2025. Two U.S. bishops in a Feb. 3, 2026, statement urged Catholics to be "faithful stewards of memory" and "courageous witnesses to truth" during Black History Month, observed in February. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

US bishops mark 100th anniversary of Black History Month: 'Let us be faithful stewards of memory'

OSV News|Feb 3, 2026|3 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

Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, pictured at a Sept. 12, 2021, Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (CNS photo/Matthew Barrick, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception)

Cardinal Gregory: World needs African Americans' 'strength of character'

Richard Szczepanowski|Feb 6, 2023|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)

Faith

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

Panoramic view of ancient Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. (Shutterstock)

Faith

If you’re a Western Christian, your spiritual ancestry is African

Mike Aquilina|Feb 4, 2021|7 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)

Faith

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

Angelus Staff|Feb 2, 2021|13 Min Read

(Shutterstock image)

Faith

Why Abraham Lincoln held a White House fundraiser for this black Catholic parish

Jonah McKeown|Feb 12, 2020|6 Min Read

Clarence Thomas in “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words.” (© Manifold Productions)

New documentary lets controversial Supreme Court justice tell his story

Sophia Martinson|Feb 7, 2020|4 Min Read

We use cookies to understand how Angelus is read and to improve the site. You can accept or decline analytics cookies. Cookie Policy