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The cost of the collar: Remembering Bishop Emerson Moore, a Black Catholic who battled fame, drugs, and HIV/AIDS
In the autumn of 1979, Pope St. John Paul II visited New York, including a stop at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Harlem, one of America's most prominent Black Catholic parishes. Among those present was Msgr Emerson J. Moore Jr., a pastor and pioneer who, as this moment would reveal, was destined to become a bishop.
The fetters and the font: How slavery complicates Black history at Belmont Abbey College
In the narthex of the Belmont Abbey Basilica in North Carolina, at the Benedictine monastery of the same name, sits a stone that holds the water of divine grace and purports to have borne the weight of human commerce. For decades, this reported former slave auction block—now a baptismal font—stood as a quiet symbol of Catholic redemption. In February 2022, however, a social media post for Black History Month from Belmont Abbey College became an issue.
What happens when a guy that's never bought a comic book goes to HeroesCon2015?
By Drew Williams | June 22, 2015 Views: I went to my first Heroes Convention (HeroesCon) this weekend. I used to live in Elizabeth so I have popped my head into Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find on 7th Street – but I had no idea that Shelton Drum, the owner of Heroes, has put on HeroesCon since 1982. I’ve never bought a comic book in my life, but holy smokes Batman! (pun intended) – I did not expect this.
Charles Williams' beautiful struggle
By Jonathan Piscitelli | | June 9, 2015 Views: “Be careful Charles. Don’t go jumping waves with your cousins” Charles’ father called from the picnic area. But the boys raced down to the edge of the shore anyway. The sea spray felt cool on their skin as they leapt through the first knee high swells and continued wading into the surf, splashing and laughing in the summer heat. Each successive wave brought with it more laughter as the boys tempted fate and cooled their noon baked skin.
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