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St. Benedict of Palermo, Black America’s Patron Saint, Ascetic Healer, Humble Teacher

April 28, 2023

By Dannie Gore, Sr. The Italian black Catholic saint’s name was Benedict, of Palermo, Sicily, and he was the son of African slaves. In life, Benedict was an ascetic healer who devoted his life to the humble teachings of St. Francis, in death, he was used by the Church and colonial European powers to convert […]

How do you protect girls from FGM?

January 15, 2021

To protect oneself from COVID-19 wear a mask, stand six feet apart from others outdoors, and no indoor gatherings. How do you protect girls in Somalia, Egypt, Mali, Ethiopia and 25 other countries from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)? My mother comes from Somalia, where she narrowly escaped the war in the late nineties. According to […]

God is My Weapon

October 13, 2019

Blake | Age 11 | Pennsylvania Do you remember, when I cried? I fell at my knees, waiting to die. I looked at him in the eye, When I saw him punch me, I wondered why? When I decided to tell you, you started to cry. Wondering what I would do, the next […]