Black Iowa man arraigned in killing of Nebraska Catholic priest
Kierre L. Williams, 43, has been booked on multiple charges related to the killing of Fr Stephen Gutgsell, who was found stabbed in his rectory on Sunday.
Dr. Trimiko Melancon to become consecrated virgin in New Orleans
The award-winning scholar and justice advocate has been noted in recent years for her work as a writer and filmmaker in the area of Black history.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs facing business backlash following sex assault lawsuits
The megamillionaire media mogul has lost several business relationships in recent weeks, according to a new report from Rolling Stone.
'Neville Way' street renaming approved in New Orleans
The historic family of Black Catholic musicians is slated to have signage installed in their honor near a childhood home in the coming months.
Jean Knight, 'Mr. Big Stuff' songstress, dead at 80
The New Orleans native saw brief but soaring national success in the 1970s, with a later revival of her #2 hit bringing her music to a new generation.
Interview: Dr. Cynthia Bailey Manns, an African-American laywoman at the synod
Dr. Valerie Lewis-Mosley and Nate Tinner-Williams discuss with Manns the historic meeting in Rome that left her energized about synodality and the future of the Church.
New Orleans jazz funeral documentary screening this week in L.A.
The 2021 film exudes Black and Catholic history and culture in the nation's most unique city, and could soon be headed for a major studio.
Larry Payne, Houston activist and churchman, dead at 73
Payne first envisioned the creation of the National Black Catholic Congress and was the first lay or Black vicar in the U.S. Catholic Church.
George Santos expelled from Congress
The freshman GOP legislator was a firebrand for controversy, mostly due to varied indiscretions that led to criminal charges during his short time in office.
Baltimore group meets with Vatican officials to urge canonization of U.S. Black Catholics
The activists have long called for an exception to the notably unwieldy canonization process—which has yet to produce a single Black American saint.
Covington Diocese, teacher sued over treatment of Black student
The eighth grader—the only Black student in her class—was allegedly targeted by a teacher after taking offense to the use of a racial slur during a lesson.
'Frei Martinho', Brazil's Black American saint-to-be, feted during bishop's visit
Fr Martin Maria de Porres Ward, a Boston-born Conventual Franciscan who served in Brazil, has been under consideration for sainthood since 2020.
Dr. Shannen Dee Williams wins Wesley-Logan Prize for book on Black nuns
Williams also won the 2022 Letitia Woods Brown Award for Best Book in African American Women's History from the Association of Black Women Historians.
Amid national exodus, Black Catholic young adults gather to plan renewal
The weekend convening was organized to form an action plan challenging Church leaders—parish, episcopal, and national—on an oft-forgotten demographic.
Young adult Catholics sought for 2024 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Each of the four regional routes leading to the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress will feature stops related to Black Catholic history.
Shifts, silence, and synodality: a so-called sleepy U.S. bishops gathering in Baltimore
Nate Tinner-Williams recaps what was ultimately a perfunctory episcopal affair, with a few notable exceptions that might raise eyebrows.