Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly ...

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

For decades, African Catholics have felt their saints have been sidelined. The continent is home to some of the ...

Vevette Hill-Nwagbaraocha attends All Saints Catholic Church, also on the north side. She, too, is hopeful and excited about Pope Leo, regardless of how he identifies. But his lineage, she said, ...

Experience the vibrant interfaith celebration of Cincinnati's Festival of Faiths, celebrating Unity Across Traditions with more than 30 religious groups.

The Ugandan-born priest, who immigrated in 2007, has administered the diocese since Bishop Mario Dorsonville died in 2024.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century. On ...

Like many 20th-century Americans, Prevost holds a rich patchwork of cultures, nationalities and races in his pedigree: Italian, French and even African-Haitian Creole. His devout Catholic ...

Denver Public Library's interim director apologizes after removal of replica of prop desk 02:53 A controversy has been brewing at Denver's Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library after ...

Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south ...