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Black Catholics and Catholic Social Teaching, with Deacon James Summers

Church Life Today

Black Catholics and Catholic Social Teaching, with Deacon James Summers Why do so many Black Catholics leave the Church and why do so few new members enter the Church? This is the twofold question that Deacon James Summers along with his wife Wendy and others sought to understand when they were appointed to the Black Catholic Advisory Board for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. The answer redounds to his own experience as a Black Catholic in the Church, and to his approach to and apprecia...