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Black Catholicism or African-American Catholicism comprises the African American people, beliefs, and practices in the Catholic Church. There are currently around 3 million Black Catholics in the United States, making up 6% of the total population of African Americans, who are heavily Protestant, and 4% of American Catholics. Black Catholics are today a heavily immigrant population, with only 68% being born in the United States, while 12% were born in Africa, 11% were born in the Caribbean and 5% born in other parts of Central or South America. About a quarter of Black Catholics worship in historically black parishes, most of which were established during the Jim Crow era as a means of racial segregation. Others were established in black communities and merely reflected the surrounding pop

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  • Black Catholicism or African-American Catholicism comprises the African American people, beliefs, and practices in the Catholic Church. There are currently around 3 million Black Catholics in the United States, making up 6% of the total population of African Americans, who are heavily Protestant, and 4% of American Catholics. Black Catholics are today a heavily immigrant population, with only 68% being born in the United States, while 12% were born in Africa, 11% were born in the Caribbean and 5% born in other parts of Central or South America. About a quarter of Black Catholics worship in historically black parishes, most of which were established during the Jim Crow era as a means of racial segregation. Others were established in black communities and merely reflected the surrounding population, while the most recent crop came about due to population displacement (White Flight) during and after the Great Migration. Prior to Vatican II, Black Catholics attended Mass in Latin as did the rest of the Western Church, not displaying much difference in terms of liturgy or spiritual patrimony. During the 1950s, however, innovators such as Fr Clarence Rivers began to integrate Negro Spirituals into settings of the Mass; this trend eventually blossomed into the so-called Black Catholic Movement during the larger Black Power zeitgeist of the late 60s and 70s. Some have termed this period the "Black Catholic Revolution" or the "Black Catholic Revolt". As this newfound Black Consciousness swept up many black clergy, consecrated religious, and laypeople in its wake, Black Catholicism came of age. Entire disciplines of Black Catholic studies emerged, became a staple of Black Catholic parishes, Black Christian spirituality (formerly seen as Protestant) was also claimed by Black Catholics, and the Black Catholic Church emerged as a significant player in the public and ecclesial life of the larger American Church. A large exodus of African-American Catholics (alongside other Catholics in America) during the 1970s was followed by a shrinking population of African Americans within the Catholic Church in the 21st century.. A 2021 Pew Research study noted that just over half of Black American adults who were raised Catholic still remain in the Church. (en)
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  • Black Catholicism or African-American Catholicism comprises the African American people, beliefs, and practices in the Catholic Church. There are currently around 3 million Black Catholics in the United States, making up 6% of the total population of African Americans, who are heavily Protestant, and 4% of American Catholics. Black Catholics are today a heavily immigrant population, with only 68% being born in the United States, while 12% were born in Africa, 11% were born in the Caribbean and 5% born in other parts of Central or South America. About a quarter of Black Catholics worship in historically black parishes, most of which were established during the Jim Crow era as a means of racial segregation. Others were established in black communities and merely reflected the surrounding pop (en)
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  • Black Catholicism (en)
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