Julia Greeley, a paragon of humility and charity in the 19th and early 20th centuries, was born into slavery. Now she is poised to become one of the first African American saints.

The reader can see God in all areas of Toni Morrison’s characters’ circumstances—in the “magic,” in the pain and suffering, and in the call to healing and wholeness that leads to life.

This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Rev. Jacques Fabre, who on May 13 will be installed as the first Black bishop of the Diocese of Charleston—and one of a handful Black bishops in the United States.

A look at the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court and the key questions raised during the Senate hearings for Catholics

Kenneth Montague became the first African-American student at Loyola in 1956. He “opened the door for others to follow.”

Chris Smith, S.J.—one of a small number of Black Jesuits in formation in the U.S.—joins “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” to talk about his multi-racial family’s legacy of love, racism, reconciliation and healing.