The Dark History of How the Catholic Church Built Its Massive Wealth

Gold crosses, priceless art, sprawling cathedrals—there’s no denying the Catholic Church is rich. It built its massive wealth ...

The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he's now a candidate for sainthood

The first publicly recognized Black priest in the United States, Augustus Tolton, may not be a household name. Yet I believe ...
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‘They have names’ – the Catholic Church’s black history connection in Mobile

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Archbishop Thomas Rodi recalls the first time that a woman connected to the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage trail looked through the records of the Catholic Church ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV

ope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...
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This week in Christian history: Henry IV gets absolution after standing barefoot in snow; Pope affirms Council of Trent

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of an Episcopal Church presiding bishop, Pope Pius IV ...
National Catholic Register

Making Reparation in England’s Lost Catholic Churches

The Society of St. Justin Martyr has a simple yet profound three-fold spiritual purpose: to pray in pre-Reformation former places of Catholic worship as an act of reparation for past wrongs, to pray ...
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Robert Francis Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV, first US Pope in Catholic Church history

is your neighborhood reporter for Flour Bluff and the South Side. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Robert Francis Prevost has officially been selected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, making history ...
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Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV

VATICAN CITY, — Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops was ...