November 8, 2024

St. Benedict The Moor Church To Become ‘Personal Parish’ For Black Catholic Community

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — St. Benedict the Moor Church in Pittsburgh’s Hill District is set to become the personal parish for the Black Catholic community.

Bishop David Zubik will hold Sunday’s morning mass there.

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The bishop says it’s the church’s way of addressing the spiritual needs of Black parishioners.

According to the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, a ‘personal parish’ is one that ‘responds to the specific spiritual needs often related to a particular culture or an extraordinary need.

Anyone who wants to be part of their Catholic community is welcome.

“It’s a critical time and I hope this is a time when we all really do need to root out racism, which is a sin. I’m not sure in the past we have come to a point to be able to empathize with our Black sisters and brothers,” Bishop Zubik said.

St. Benedict the Moor sits next to Freedom Corner, a civil rights landmark in the Hill District.

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