BOSTON (AP) — It’s time for the Blessing of the Animals at Boston ... Formally part of Christ Church in the City of Boston, the church is home to an active Episcopal congregation.

Activists in Boston are asking for $15 billion in reparations for slavery from the city and “white churches ... among some of those churches, into the black community,” Peterson added.

The Boston Task Force on Reparations called on "White churches" to step up and pay the Black community back for ... was established through a 2022 Boston City Council ordinance and made up of ...

This story was produced by the Globe’s Money, Power, and Inequality team, which covers the racial wealth gap in Greater Boston ... on supporting the city’s Black churches.

Today, Boston Globe Reporter Tiana Woodard joins The Common for a look at the factors driving some Black churches out of the city, and how these moves are impacting faith communities.

Following Boston’s appointment of a reparations task force in 2023, religious leaders in the city have formed ... dollars among some of those churches—into the Black community,” he said.

“It is at the center of Black community ... met his wife at the church when they were both studying in Boston. Reverend Willie Bodrick II says the new funding is a blessing.

Activist leaders in Boston demanding "White churches" pay reparations to the city's Black community "is really absurd," said a pastor from the South Side of Chicago. "They're playing on people's ...

Price III, hosts of the All Rev’d Up podcast, which explores where faith intersects politics and culture, to learn more about the history of the Black church in the Boston area and explore the legacy ...

What a blessing ... in that Boston neighborhood. (Courtesy of Candler School of Theology, Emory University) She goes on to note that, "In an otherwise highly segregated city and church, St ...

BOSTON - With President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration falling on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, members of the Black ... City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune. Community, city, church and ...