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YOUNGSTOWN —Bishop David J. Bonnar of the Diocese of Youngstown has announced clergy assignments for parishes throughout the six-county diocese. Most of the n

Black Catholic artist Wayman Scott’s Baltimore Pietà depicts a Black mother holding her dead son, reframing the famous Michelangelo piece through the lens of police brutality.

Author Shannen Dee Williams writes that the history of Black nuns in the Catholic church is a largely unknown part of the African-American freedom struggle.

/ Henry Louis Gates Jr., the host of the PBS series "The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song", stands in front of stained glass at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. The series examines the history of the Black church through its music and traditions. The two-part PBS documentary "The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song" is a sweeping look at 400 years of American history. KERA's Gabrielle Jones talked with Stacey Holman, producer/director of the series, about the range of history covered in the film, the role of music in the church and even how Oprah had...