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 ...
National Catholic Register

‘Alive’ Writer Piers Paul Read Pens Tour-de-Force History of Catholic Church

‘I felt I had a vocation,’ says the noted British author about his life’s work. ‘It was what God wanted me to do.’ Piers Paul Read is pictured with book covers of ‘Alive: The Story of the Andes ...

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 ...
WTAE-TV

Robert Prevost, first pope from US in the Catholic Church's history, takes the name Leo XIV

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...
FOX10 News

‘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 ...