“Persons of color have suffered a long legacy of neglect and marginalization in the Catholic Church,” said the Rev. Bryan Massingale, a Black Catholic priest and Fordham University professor ...

There are 3 million Black Catholics in the U.S. today, but the percentage of priests is far lower than their share of the Catholic population -- a legacy of anti-Black racism within the U.S ...

They added that most Black priests in Brazil work in parishes in deficit. "Church racism needs to be fought," the authors affirmed in the letter. Although there are no precise numbers concerning ...

Rev. Theodore Rothrock, a Catholic priest in Carmel, Ind., was suspended effective Wednesday after calling protesters for the Black Lives Matter movement “maggots and parasites,” the Indy ...

As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from diabetes, certain childhood memories haunted him even more. The Catholic priest appeared vividly in his mind’s eye — the ...

April 5, 2023 “Persons of color have suffered a long legacy of neglect and marginalization in the Catholic Church,” said the Rev. Bryan Massingale, a Black Catholic priest and Fordham ...

Black survivors have been nearly invisible in the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis — even in Baltimore, home to a historic Black Catholic community. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...