Maybe you heard about the breakdancing priests. Seeing the video sparked memories of my own experiences at Steubenville.

The Catholic Church in the United States boasts 71 million members, 2.9 million of whom are black. Representatives from that vibrant community met in Orlando in July for the National Black Catholic Congress. The event concluded with the prophet Micah’s call to “act justly, love goodness and walk humbly with your God.”

Working out for the body of a god? What about the body of a convict?

This article appeared as “Luther and Catholic Historians,” on Oct. 21, 1967.