Review: 'Origin' complicates the narrative, but with cinematic consequences
Ava DuVernay’s latest swings for the fences to bring a new angle to Black American history, but comes up short with a middling plot and unclear direction.
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Venerable Mary Lange to be celebrated in Baltimore during Catholic Schools Week
The Black Catholic foundress and nun on the path to sainthood will be the honoree of a Mass celebrated by Archbishop William Lori.
2024 Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series to help fund rebuild of Black Catholic settlement
The annual Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series, now in its third year, will be held over two weekends at the ruins of Fort Mose in St. Augustine, Florida.
Assata Shakur wrote to the pope 25 years ago. Her letter still resonates.
Efran Menny resurfaces an oft-forgotten letter from a famed Black activist (and lapsed Catholic) to John Paul II, urging him to act for Black liberation.
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.
'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.
Review: Disney brings nostalgia with ‘Wish’
Samantha Smith reviews the new Disney animated film that, for the first time ever, places an Afro-Latina in the leading role.
Rebuild of Fort Mose, nation's first Black town, gets $200k in new funding
A groundbreaking for the replica of the nation's first free Black settlement—a Catholic outpost—has been scheduled for January 2024.
Letter: House Reps. press White House on innocent Gazans in Israel-Hamas War
The communique comes amid Israel's ongoing blockade, bombing, and ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, part of the now weeklong Israel-Hamas War.
U.S. Rep. George Santos hit with additional federal charges of conspiracy, fraud
The embattled GOP congressman is now facing 23 counts in federal court, following a seedy 2022 campaign that has brought bipartisan condemnation.
Simone Biles wins big at worlds, secures four golds
Ahead of the 2024 Olympics, Simone Biles showed her characteristic mettle, besting opponents in all but one event at the World Championships in Belgium.
Xavier University of Louisiana adds Black studies major
Dr. Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir, a Louisiana native and Black Catholic, is leading the new program, which will open for enrollment in spring 2024.
Simone Biles competing at first World Championships since 2019
The 26-year-old Black Catholic made a record sixth U.S. Worlds team earlier this month, and is already the most decorated athlete in the history of the sport.
Congress' Afro-Latino lawmakers back auto workers' strike
The United Auto Workers union announced Friday morning that pickets will likely commence at additional GM and Stellantis factories across the country.
Roberto Clemente Day honored statewide in Pennsylvania
The commemoration was officially adopted this year in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, and unofficially adopted by the Pennsylvania legislature.
XULA falls 1-0 in first-ever NAIA men's soccer game
The match marked the start of men's NAIA competition for the 97-year-old Catholic HBCU, and the first collegiate soccer team in New Orleans since 2006.