
Xavier University of Louisiana taps Ochsner Health for joint medical school
The nation's Catholic HBCU is moving forward with plans for a medical school, which will be a partnership with a major local nonprofit health system.
The nation's Catholic HBCU is moving forward with plans for a medical school, which will be a partnership with a major local nonprofit health system.
Nate Tinner-Williams on his takings in of a Funeral Mass for the ages, that of the retired Pope Benedict XVI.
Toni Morrison, the late Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor, will be honored with a new months-long exhibit this year at Princeton University, the institution where she spent much of her later career. The school has announced that “Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory” will run from February 22, 2023—
After a life of theological and pontifical service—and a tumultuous 8-year tenure governing a troubled Church—the retired pope in Rome has died following an extended illness.
Xavier University of Louisiana's summer institute dedicated to the study of Black Catholicism has received a prestigious award from the American Catholic Historical Association.
Drs. M. Shawn Copeland and Craig A. Ford Jr. are supporting a statement on Catholic transgender justice following new restrictive policies in several US dioceses.
A Jesuit priest discusses his new book, covering a familiar topic and including the perspectives, stories, and holy resistance of Black Catholics.
A top-ranked Catholic university has announced plans to award grants annually to atone for its participation in slavery.
The nation's only Black Catholic female bioethicist has died at the age of 61 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Nate Tinner-Williams reflects.
The latest renaming for the nation's most recent Black Catholic saint-to-be will take place today at a plaza on the campus of the University of San Diego.
As affirmative action faces scrutiny from the US Supreme Court, Catholic leaders say diversity in higher education—itself an innovation within the program—is key.
Amid national controversies concerning race in the classroom, the College Board is piloting a new course on Black history—including at a Catholic school.
Black scholars and activists are among the contributors to a new resource featuring Catholic women reflecting on the Church's lectionary readings.
The Fort Mose Historical Society will host its annual meeting this month in St. Augustine, Florida, celebrating new developments and old traditions.
The nation's Black Catholic graduate theology program has set final dates for its next session, to be held summer 2023 in New Orleans at the nation's Catholic HBCU.
The academic society dedicated to Black Catholic studies will meet for its 32nd annual meeting next month in San Diego, including two events open to the public.