Two of the nation's premiere Black Catholic gatherings will take place this year in the Crescent City, part of a blockbuster summer of events for the national community.
The virtual event will feature Black Catholic panelists from DC, New Orleans, and Philadelphia.
The liturgy came ahead of Saturday's commencement exercises with U.S. Rep. Troy Carter and White House OMB director Shalanda Young.
Like most HBCUs, XULA has had a predominantly female student population for years—topping 75% in the most recent academic session.
The former permanent deacon and pharmacologist, retired from parish work since 2017, had been in poor health since last year.
The honor comes for seniors Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson after they made international headlines in recent months with a new math proof.
Dr. Scott Heath, two years into a tenure-track contract at the 119-year-old Jesuit university, is due to be dismissed in May for "absenteeism" and "negligence."
Amid international praise, mixed with academic doubters, the two teens have been encouraged to submit their work to a peer-reviewed journal.
More than 30 Catholic women scholars and activists have signed on to a statement criticizing conservative hypocrisy on women's health and calling for a new era of dialogue.
The man of the hour: Dom Chrysostom Christie-Searles, OSB, a Chicago native who first entered the Monastery of Christ in the Desert in 2017.
Louisiana's only Jesuit university has appointed its first non-White president, a Mississippi-raised Catholic who currently serves at Marquette.
Efran Menny reflects on his time knowing and learning from one of Houston's finest clergymen, who died in 2020.
Dr. M. Shawn Copeland, professor emerita of systematic theology at Boston College, has been named the recipient of this year’s Civitas Dei Medal from Villanova University, which will be bestowed in a livestreamed ceremony on campus Wednesday afternoon. Copeland is the first Black awardee in the history of the
For Catholic Schools Week, Nate Tinner-Williams analyzes the Black demographics of the nation's Catholic institutions of higher education.
The in-person event will coincide with the 169th birthday of Venerable Augustus Tolton—the nation's first openly Black Catholic priest.
A Black Catholic scripture scholar from Boston College is one of several academics included in a new offering sponsored by the American Bible Society.
