Black Catholic History Month, celebrated each November, is heating up this year with a Vatican-targeting initiative that could ruffle some feathers—and shake up the Roman Calendar.
The story of the Civil Rights Movement is hardly complete without the tale of one Bayard Rustin, a luminary in his own time cut down by anti-LGBT prejudice.
America's Catholic bishops, via their news arm, establish a new monthly column covering Black Catholic history.
On the feast day of Dorothy Day, we remember the Black Catholic Workers upon whose shoulders we stand.
As we honor a new triumph in Black Catholicism, we must also remember the struggles that made it possible. Featuring the 2nd Black priest ordained the US and the 1st ordained in Detroit.
Figures from around the world react to Pope Francis' appointment of the Catholic Church's first-ever African-American cardinal, Wilton Daniel Gregory.
Watch the installation of the first-ever African-American cardinal, Wilton Daniel Gregory.
Three largely forgotten Black Catholics are on display: victims of racism, erasure, the allure of non-Blackness, and—of course—the times.
A forgotten Sister in an a well-remembered family is remembered this year, as histories are revealed and inaccuracies combated.
Black Catholic podcaster Efram Menny advocates for Black Catholic history—American and Catholic history that is often set (and cast) aside.
Elias Crim honors Father Albert J. McKnight, CSSp, a pioneering Black Catholic cooperativist who "led a peaceful economic revolution among low-income families in the rural South".
The largest group on Facebook for Black Catholics hosted a Black Catholic History month event, including trivia, testimonies, and an original litany for Black saints-to-be.
A longform reflection on the life and legacy of Ellen Tarry, interwoven with my bits of my personal journey and the current state of Black Catholicism.
The nation's largest and oldest Black Catholic fraternal order is celebrating their annual Founders' Day Mass, a built-in kickoff to Black Catholic History Month.
An op-ed on the state of Black Catholicism on the Internet, especially as seen through the prism of impending sainthood.
