VOICES OF OUR PEOPLE PAST AND PRESENT

CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

 

“The reason of my interest is that which should animate every priest and Bishop, namely, that these souls are redeemed by Jesus Christ, and that, therefore, they have equal claim on our interest and care.”

-Bishop Jules Jeanmard-

St. Martín de Porres Velázquez, OP 9 December 1579 to 3 November 1639