The White headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island has resigned following reports that he had a Black student kneel in apology last month, calling it “the African way” to apologize.

On Nov. 3, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian Dominican brother who lived a life of humble service and charity and became the first black saint of the ...

On Nov. 3 the Roman Catholic Church celebrates St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian Dominican brother whose life of charity and devotion led to his canonization as the first black saint of the Americas.

UPDATE (5/17, 8:08 p.m.) — Community members gathered for the 75th anniversary of the establishment of St. Martin De Porres Hospital in Mobile. “It’s a homegoing,” Executive Direc… ...

Nov. 3 Saint Martín de Porres He was born in 1579, as the unwanted son of a Spanish knight and a freed African salve woman. Saint Martín showed signs of the virtues of modesty, humility and ...

Black Lives Matter demonstrators gather to protest after John Holian, the longtime head of St. Martin de Porres Marianist School, allegedly made a Black student kneel before him and a teacher ...

In 1985, Father Martin was transferred from Goiatuba, Brazil, to his order’s seminary in Andrelândia, where he spent the rest of his life. With his humor and evident piety, he endeared himself ...