Vote Moves Forward for First African-American Father Augustus Tolton to Sainthood

Vote Moves Forward for First African-American Saint, Father Augustus Tolton

Father Tolton studied in Rome as no U.S. seminary would take him due to his race. A nine member Vatican theological commission going by

First Black Catholic Priest On Path To Sainthood

First Black Catholic Priest On Path To Sainthood

Augustus Tolton Went From Slave To Priest Augustus Tolton's position in the Roman Catholic Church was anything but typical, and it appears as though

First African-American Catholic Priest in the U.S. Could Be Canonized

Archdiocese of Chicago pushes for beatification of first U.S. African-American priest. Augustus Tolton was born a slave. He was born in Missouri, in the


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