Black men and women heavily relied on their faith against White supremacy during the era of slavery and the Civil Rights ...

On Juneteenth, No Man Should Own Another. In 1775, a Church Where Black & White Could Worship Together Bull Run Regional Park’s emancipation history is honored.

Black smoke emerging from the chimney means the world's 1.4 billion Catholics don't yet have a new pope. White smoke means the cardinals have chosen a new leader of the church . Why the Vatican ...

The Great Black Church Schism—How Black Americans' Becoming Less Religious Will Impact Future Elections | Opinion Published Mar 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM EDT CLOSE X ...

A Black church that won a challenge against the Proud Boys hopes it spurs others to act. “We want to capitalize on this energy,'' said William Lamar.

The church can seize money the Proud Boys make through merchandise sales. And the congregation has begun to sell lookalike shirts on its website with lines like “Stay Proud, Stay Black.” It ...

On a partly cloudy afternoon, folks gathered at an intersection on Irving Street leading into a quiet neighborhood in ...

Black and white smoke is used to represent the cardinals' decisions each day, as they are sequestered and cannot share this news directly. If one candidate doesn't receive the necessary two-thirds ...

Jesus was not a white European-looking man, God has no problem with interracial marriage, and Latter-day Saints should intervene when fellow congregants make racist comments. So says a new ...

In 1274, at the Second Council of Lyons, Pope ... If the smoke is white, the Church has a new ... the voting with a bit of wet straw so that it would come out black, or dry so as to obtain white ...

Historically, the white smoke was created by burning the ballots together with dry straw. The black smoke was made from the ballots, wet straw, and with the addition of pitch to darken the color.

This week, 133 cardinals have gathered in the Vatican to elect a new leader of the Catholic church. ... It wasn't clear whether grey smoke was closer to black or white, for example.