On Nov. 3 the Roman Catholic Church celebrates St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian Dominican brother whose life of charity and devotion led to his canonization as the first black saint of the Americas.

Black theology in the Americas begins here: not in pulpits or printed tracts, but in the survival strategies of the displaced. Its earliest witnesses show that theology is not an abstract system but a ...

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Fifty years after St. Martin de Porres was canonized, two Peruvian priests from the Convent of St. Dominic in Lima where the 16th century saint lived, praised his many contributions to the Church.

Saint Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 to Don Juan de Porres, a Spanish nobleman, and Ana Velasquez, a freed daughter of slaves from Panama. At a very young age, his father abandoned ...

NEW HAVEN -- St. Martin de Porres Academy has named Allison Rivera as the new president of the academy, succeeding founder and now former President Jay Bowes. Rivera has been with St. Martin de Porres ...

Patricia Benanti of Springfield has volunteered at St. Martin de Porres Center for nearly 25 years. A great part of her motivation to help people in need with donations of food, clothing, and other ...

Atlantic Pacific Companies and the Archdiocese of Miami want to develop 600 affordable apartments in Leisure City.

The Sangamon County Animal Control & Adoption Center and St. Martin de Porres Center are launching a new pet-food pantry ...