becoming the first African American ordained as a priest. Tolton returned to the U.S. where he served for three years at a ...

That program allows Black Catholic leaders to “share Black Catholic viewpoints among ourselves and with the hierarchy, ...

The closure of St. Ann’s Catholic Church has hit members of the predominantly Black congregation hard, including Ralph Moore, ...

With a landmark moment in the history of the Catholic church in Baltimore about to take place, the members of five parishes ...

In my own work in African American Catholic history, interviews have proved to be very valuable sources for understanding and writing history. Conversations with African American Catholics and their ...

The longtime administrator departed the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in April as the highest-ranking lay African American in the Catholic Church. Ralph E. Moore Jr. says this year should be ...

If elevated to sainthood, he would become the seventh Black figure and most recent African American to receive the honor. According to the National Catholic Register, Ward was born in 1918 as ...

Ralph Moore Jr. shares his reasons for leaving the Catholic Church after decades of membership, citing its lack of progress on inclusion and social justice.

November is National Black Catholic History Month in the United ... life to improving the welfare of her community, especially African Americans who were currently or formerly enslaved.