This 1898 photo provided by the Sisters of the Holy Family (SSF) shows members of the religious order of African-American nuns in New Orleans. One of the oldest Black sisterhoods, the SSF, formed in ...

The nation's preeminent scholar on Black Catholic nuns, Shannen Dee Williams talked to Our Sunday Visitor for its story, which has been picked up worldwide, on the recent discovery of a Black American ...

According to recent figures from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, there are about 400 African American religious sisters, out of a total of roughly 40,000 nuns. That overall figure is only one ...

Even as the number of American nuns – of all races – shrinks relentlessly, that Baltimore order founded in 1829 remains intact, continuing its mission to educate Black youths. Some current members of ...