(CNN) — There is wide gulf, Frederick Douglass wrote in 1845, between Christianity proper and the “slaveholding religion of this land.” One is “good, pure and holy,” the other corrupt and wicked, the ...

In 1838, Thomas Mulledy and the Maryland Jesuits sold 272 slaves, in part to pay building debts at the schools they had established, including Georgetown. But what would happen next? The sale came ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Having grown up Catholic in small-town Louisiana, Monique Maddox is devoutly and deliberately faithful, visibly involved in her ...

Descendants of slaves that were forced to build St. Louis University say the Jesuit school owes them more than $70 billion in reparations. The figure was calculated by economists, based on 70 people ...

Isaac Hawkins Hall, on the campus of Georgetown University, is seen in this file photo from April 4, 2017. Previously known as Mulledy Hall and later Freedom Hall, it was renamed in 2017 for one of ...

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JULIA ANASTOS/THE HOYA University of Virginia professor Kirt Von Daacke, left, history professor Marcia Chatelain and former Berkley Center faculty member Charles Villa-Vicencio shared their insights ...

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Loyola University Maryland officially acknowledged its historical ties to slavery with the release of a comprehensive 27-page report detailing the Baltimore university’s ...

Having grown up Catholic in small-town Louisiana, Monique Maddox is devoutly and deliberately faithful, visibly involved in her church. When her time comes, she said, she doesn’t want the priest ...