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.