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.

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.

This story appears in the Black Saints feature series. View the full series. St. Martin de Porres is depicted in a stained glass window at Holy Rosary Church in Minneapolis.

Two years ago, at my mother’s house in San Diego, I asked my 86-year-old Puerto Rican grandmother, who lives there, if she could show me photos of her parents. We were spending a lot of time ...

A 75th anniversary celebration for St. Martin de Porres Hospital — now Allen Health and Rehabilitation — is set for Saturday.

Growing up with a white mother, as well as Black and Asian uncles and cousins, I have no illusions that folks need to look alike in order to be family.

The Conventual Franciscans saw no problem with his being Black, and so he entered in late 1945, taking the religious name of Martin Maria de Porres to honor both the saint from South America and ...

For years, the door located at 55 Calle San José displayed a mural depicting the Puerto Rican flag: a bright sky blue triangle hugging a white star layered over bands of red and white.

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 ...