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Churches Across the U.S. Are Launching Reparations Programs

The topic of reparations is a touchy one...for white people. While the American government hasn’t touched the topic…

Joe Jurado

12/15/20 6:00PM

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Wilton Gregory Has Become the First African-American Cardinal in the Catholic Church

The Catholic Church has elected Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. to the rank of cardinal, making him…

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Catholic Priest in Indiana Suspended After Calling Black Lives Matter 'Maggots and Parasites'

Regardless of their occupation, quite a few white Americans are dead set on ensuring systemic racism continues in…

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Supreme Court To Hear Case Regarding Same-Sex Adoptions

Attacks on LGBTQ adoptions feel like they’ve been steadily increasing. It seems like things will come to a head…

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Catholic Order Paid 2 Black Men a Measly $15,000 to Settle Sex Abuse Claims and Keep It on the Hush

The Franciscan Friars, a Catholic religious order, not only paid a paltry sum to two black men who’d been abused as…

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Our Dog ‘Doesn’t Like Black People’: Tennessee Church’s Sorry Excuse for Denying a Black Housekeeper a Job

The Catholic Diocese of Memphis (Tenn.) is facing backlash after a black housekeeper lost out on a cleaning job…

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Belgium Prime Minister Apologizes to African Nations for Colonization, Kidnapping of Mixed-Raced Children

It’s no secret that colonization has introduced unspeakable horrors to communities of color throughout the world.…

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#MourningWhileBlack: Priest Calls Cops on Black Funeral-Goers, Tells Them to 'Get the Hell Out' of Church

Despite having ample evidence that Jesus will work it out, a Catholic priest halted a homegoing service in Maryland…

Michael Harriot

7/02/18 9:48AM

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