Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

Victor Mooney's latest advocacy trek included Catholic shrines and former concentration camps in Poland before a surprise ...

The position taken by Africa was also the position of so many bishops here in Europe. It’s not just an African exception,” ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that the black race is not lazy but composed of honest and hardworking people who, when given the right opportunities, can excel and thrive globally. He made ...

When the Rev. Matthew Baum attended Johnstown’s Juneteenth activities recently, he was on a multi-layered mission. Baum, rector at St. John Gualbert Cathedral and St. Patrick Catholic Church, both in ...

Recording artist Dr. ValLimar Jansen wears an American flag-patterned scarf as she uses storytelling to talk about freedom ...

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

Baseball doesn’t have an official patron saint, a holy man or woman recognized by the Catholic Church as an especially potent intercessor for a particular place, group or activity. But Pope Leo ...

On Juneteenth, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Williamsburg to rebuild the African Baptist meeting house. The church was originally founded in 1776.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered ...