Hekima Hapa runs around with her four children, teaches a sewing class in Brooklyn and ends her day by burning a little sage.

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.

Black Catholics in America have ties back to colonial times and are actively campaigning for a Black Catholic saint.

Inside, though, the South Solon Meeting House has a secret unknown even to some who drive through the tiny Maine town every ...