The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he’s now a candidate for sainthood

Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who ...
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Cardinal Arinze Shares Memories of Priest Who Could Become Nigeria’s First Saint

The cardinal was baptized at the age of 9 by Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, a Nigerian priest known for his holiness, ...