
Fr George Burden, SSJ dies at 81 in Michigan
The Josephites buried a veteran Black priest of their community early this month, the sixth member to pass in the past year.
The Josephites buried a veteran Black priest of their community early this month, the sixth member to pass in the past year.
A founding clergyman of the Diocese of Charlotte has passed away from cancer after nearly 50 years of priestly ministry.
The nation's oldest Catholic deacon, an African-American transplant from New Orleans to Los Angeles, will be funeralized in California on Saturday.
A notable Black Catholic liturgist who died overseas earlier this year will be memorialized Sunday in Ohio at his former parish.
A Black nun and former co-director of canonization efforts for her order's foundress, Venerable Henriette DeLille, has died in New Orleans.
The nation's only Black Catholic female bioethicist has died at the age of 61 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Nate Tinner-Williams reflects.
A well-respected Black legislator in Memphis who served for more than a quarter-century has died in office while running for re-election.
An African-American Verbite has died in his native Diocese of Lafayette after 53 years of priestly ministry in Louisiana and Los Angeles, California.
An African-American Norbertine priest in Louisiana, known for promoting the cause of Venerable Augustus Tolton, died this week of complications stemming from COVID-19.
An African-American priest born, raised, and ordained in the nation's capital, died this month after an extended illness and 31 years of ministry.
A member of one of the nation's historically Black orders of nuns has died after nearly 70 years of ministry in the Big Apple.
A newsmaking African-American priest and cousin to Thea Bowman who made waves in the Civil Rights and Black Catholic Movements passed away this month in Los Angeles.
For years, the NBA has refused retirement benefits to former ABA players, despite the two leagues merging in 1976. The latest to die was a Black Catholic.
A Black Catholic priest known for fighting segregation and running for political office in Jim Crow Mississippi was laid to rest there this month.
A fiery Black religious sister known for championing effective public education in her hometown of Nashville has passed away.
The youngest victim of the Buffalo that one week ago claimed the lives of 10 African Americans was buried this weekend in Syracuse.