February 24, 2022
In two separate Masses marking Black History Month, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory stressed that the annual monthlong observance is not just an opportunity to celebrate the gifts and accomplishments of African Americans.
It also is the time to help others see how people of color have contributed and continue to contribute to building up this country, he said.
The cardinal was the principal celebrant at a Mass Feb. 13 at St. Catherine Laboure Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and a at a Mass Feb. 20 at Immaculate Conception Monastery Church in the Jamaica Estates section of the New York borough of Queens. Both Masses were livestreamed.
Source: Cardinal: Month celebrates Black people's gifts, calls all to come together