MERCOGLIANO, Italy (RNS) — The pews of the Church of the Annunziata in Mercogliano, a town just outside of Naples, were filled with guests wearing lacquered nails, towering wigs and heavy eyelashes.
BALTIMORE -- The Rev. Maurice Blackwell was beloved by many of Baltimore's black Catholics for infusing the religion with African-American rituals, such as hanging kente cloths and having couples ...