(RNS) — The Rev. Karmen Michael Smith wants to clean house — specifically what he sees as the lack of full openness by the Black church to people like him. The author of the new book “Holy ...

Naboth Manzongo, 40, currently rector at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in downtown Winnipeg, was elected to be the 14th bishop ...

Rocha, who died in 1981, was 25 when he made the movie, and later told a French interviewer that “the cultural background ... of the Black God (Lidio Silva). Manoel takes the holy man as his ...

Similarly, the design of the Black Nazarene’s andas was also upgraded for safety reasons. The 2024 version of the andas also enclosed the holy image in a bulletproof glass cabin. This embrace of ...