Navigating faith in a contentious political race
Samantha Smith explains how Catholics can make it through the 2024 election cycle with faith, hope, and love intact.
Bishops
Black Catholics help kick off 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis
The historic event, led by the U.S. Catholic bishops, is expected to draw upwards of 50,000 attendees to Lucas Oil Stadium over the next several days.
Institute for Black Catholic Studies honors Eucharistic Revival on its own terms in New Orleans
Adoration infused with Black Catholic spirituality punctuated the three-week session of graduate studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Martha Hennessy, granddaughter to Servant of God Dorothy Day, will speak at National Eucharistic Congress
The 69-year-old peace activist moves in the vein of her vaunted ancestor, and was recently invited to the landmark U.S. Catholic event after months of rejection.
New report details slavery in Archdiocese of St. Louis
The 96-page document covers several centuries and various episcopates in the diocese, which predates the United States.
Seven inner-city independent Catholic schools in New York to revert to archdiocese
The Partnership for Inner-City Education nonprofit had administered the schools, some of which are majority-Black, for more than a decade.
'The Bishop of Rome': What the new Vatican document tells us about the pope
Fr John McKenzie explains a new Vatican document that encourages Christian unity and takes a fresh look at the meaning of papal primacy.
More child sex abuse victims can sue after Louisiana Supreme Court reversal
The high court had previously ruled in March that a state-enacted suspension of the statute of limitations was unconstitutional.
Ralph McCloud to receive Eileen Egan Peacemaker Award from Pax Christi USA
The longtime administrator departed the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in April as the highest-ranking lay African American in the Catholic Church.
Read: Open letter to U.S. bishops on the future of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
A group of young Catholics is pushing the USCCB ahead of their spring plenary, where the CCHD could be on the chopping block. Read their open letter.
Bishop talks food insecurity as National Eucharistic Pilgrimage stops in Beaumont
Bishop David Toups highlighted the social issue while emphasizing spiritual nourishment and Christian unity ahead of the National Eucharistic Congress.
National synthesis for interim synod stage notes zeal, division in U.S. Catholic Church
The document brings together diocesan reports from listening sessions held during Lent, ahead of this fall's Synod on Synodality session in Rome.
Two-thirds of Baltimore's Black Catholic parishes to close in reorganization plan
30 churches will shutter in the newly finalized plan, released on May 22 and sparking varied reactions from African Americans.
Symposium on Fr Clarence Rivers and 'What We Have Seen and Heard' set for Nov. 22-24 in Dayton
The 3-day event will feature keynotes, breakouts, and a Rivers Gospel Mass with Cdl Wilton Gregory of Washington, one of the letter's authors.
'Mass of the Ages', part 3: Cherry-picked, choppy, but charming at times
The last iteration in the pro-Latin Mass documentary trilogy is more of the same, featuring one side and flawed logic, but has a few bright spots.
Restorative justice conference sparks synodal dialogue in San Diego
Over 100 practitioners, formerly incarcerated persons, bishops, and other ministers gathered to promote themes of healing and mercy in criminal justice.