From Slavery To Possible Sainthood: The Story Of America’s First Black Priest

DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post U.S.
Sat, 11/17/2018 - 10:20am

Father Augustus Tolton’s miraculous journey has inspired a canonization effort and a one-man play now touring the U.S.

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