America Magazine

A history of British converts to Catholicism

In her new book, Melanie McDonagh gives us a rollicking account of a group of highly talented writers and artists as they ...
Observer-Reporter

First American in history of Catholic Church elected pope

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the ...
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Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of Catholic church, delivers first message

VATICAN CITY, — 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 ...
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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of Catholic Church, takes name Leo XIV

Vatican City | Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2 ...
National Catholic Reporter

Knowing Black Catholic history can help end racism, professor says

The history of Black Catholics and other marginalized people in the U.S. church covering more than two centuries is one worth knowing and can guide the church's response to the challenges of racism ...
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SoCal history: The Catholic sisters who helped remake the Church from Los Angeles

The Immaculate Heart Sisters of Mary (IHMs) has a long history of pushing back on Catholic church norms and many of those ...
America Magazine

Remembering Cyprian Davis, a giant of Black Catholic history

Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., in an undated photo. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Born Clarence John Davis in Washington, D.C., in 1930, Davis was raised in a Congregational church but became Catholic as a ...