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, ...