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Archbishop Shelton Fabre elected USCCB domestic justice chair
The vote was held during a public session at the bishops' fall general assembly, which also featured a presentation on Black Catholic History Month.
'We are Black and Catholic': 2024 Joint Conference gathers clergy, religious in Louisville for synodal action
The annual event brings together organizations comprising U.S. Black Catholic clergy, religious brothers, women religious, deacons, and seminarians.
Joint Conference to celebrate Black Catholic clergy, religious, and seminarians in Louisville
The annual gathering comes just weeks after the passing of National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus president Fr Norman Fischer.
2024 National Black Catholic Women's Gathering comes to Louisville July 26-28
The event, led by the National Black Sisters' Conference, will take place just before the annual Black Catholic Joint Conference in the same city.
Black Catholic couple honored for work on Underground Railroad
After gaining freedom in Louisville, Kentucky, James Madison and Catherine “Kitty” Smith harbored Black fugitives on their farm in Southern Indiana.
Two-day conference will explore Catholic slavery, racism
The first-of-its-kind event will draw practitioners to St. Louis under the auspices of Catholic Religious Organizations Studying Slavery (CROSS).
Louisville racial justice pilgrimage set for September
Modern Catholic Pilgrim is organizing the event in partnership with the archdiocese, and Archbishop Shelton Fabre is expected to attend.
Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville resigns after cover-ups, Abp Shelton Fabre to administer
The embattled Tennessee prelate faced a 2021 Vatican investigation concerning 10 sex abuse-related complaints.
National Black Catholic Men's Conference set for October 12-14 in Louisville
The annual event is now in its 20th year, gathering men from across the African diaspora for faith, fellowship, and Black unity.
Bishop Joseph Perry of Chicago to head USCCB anti-racism committee
The oft-conservative Black Catholic bishop was appointed by Archbishop Timothy Broglio to succeed Archbishop Shelton Fabre of Louisville.
Archbishop Shelton Fabre to say Mass for Louisville shooting victims
The liturgy will take place at noon ET in the Cathedral of the Assumption on Thursday.
Louisville mass shooting leaves five dead, eight injured
The first mass shooting in the city this year has drawn reactions from Archbishop Shelton Fabre, and follows recent attempts to loosen gun laws statewide.
Retired Black Catholic clergy in Atlanta to be honored in event Oct. 29
A Black Catholic clergy group in Atlanta is organizing an event later this month honoring retired members, including history-making priests and deacons.
Archbishop Shelton Fabre to receive pallium on September 20
The nation's newest Black Catholic archbishop will receive the accompanying papal vestment during a special Mass next week in Louisville.
Black Catholics aplenty in the 2022 Catholic Press Awards
Black Catholics and topics of interest to African Americans were in no short supply among winners and honorees at the Catholic Media Conference on Thursday night.