In Canada and beyond, are Black women seen and heard in the Catholic Church?
Tamika Royes reflects on a pressing (and international) question in the search for egalitarian recognition.
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The latest Trump victory shows we've lost the plot.
Dorothy Dempsey on the state of affairs in a post-Trump, pre-Trump American moment.
Black Democrats with Catholic connections shine in 2024 election
The Northeast was a boon for Black and Afro-Latino congressional candidates amid widespread Republican victories in the Senate and White House.
The specter of racist chauvinism in the 2024 presidential election
Kamala Harris is the first Black woman to top a major ticket. Efran Menny says blowback from conservatives proves there is much more work to do.
Bringing the whole Black self: Biblical eunuchs and intersex identity
Rana Irby on how her experience as a Catholic sexual minority finds new meaning in the stories of two often overlooked Biblical figures.
Does Kamala hate Catholics?
She has long taken heat for questioning conservative Catholic values, but her full record complicates blanket claims of anti-Catholicism.
Servant of God Thea Bowman 'right in the middle' of diocesan phase for sainthood
Diocese of Jackson archivist and chancellor Mary Woodward shared an update on the African-American Catholic nun's canonization cause last month.
'The Church has an outstanding debt to pay': Afro-Latina Catholic delegate for Synod on Synodality
María Suyapa Cacho Álvarez, a Garifuna religious sister in Honduras, spoke during a panel event this week in Rome on Afro-Latinos and Synodality.
Interview: Latonja Taylor, a Poor Clare novice from Chicago's South Side
Briana Jansky interviews a discerner who fell in love with the Church's beauty, which led to her new vocation in religious life.
Synod on Synodality to reconvene at the Vatican in October—with a few new twists
Dr. Cynthia Bailey Manns and Cardinal Wilton Gregory will again join more than 350 delegates for a month-long exploration of a "listening Church".
Sybil Haydel Morial, New Orleans educator and civil rights activist, dead at 91
The widow of New Orleans' first Black mayor died this month and will be remembered with a celebration of life at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Dr. Anthea Butler talks democracy, human dignity in Catholics for Harris-Walz national organizing call
The Black Catholic academic was among several advocates featured in the Democratic virtual meeting ahead of a pivotal U.S. presidential election.
Review: 'The Deliverance' brings fresh Black faith to horror genre
Briana Jansky says the new Lee Daniels flick integrates the African-American experience with a positive view of Christianity that's all too rare.
Investigation: Mother Wilhelmina Lancaster's lack of decomposition 'atypical'
The Black Benedictine nun was exhumed in 2023 to international fanfare when her body was found to be undecayed after four years of entombment.
Celia Cruz honored with U.S. quarter—a first for an Afro-Latin American
The Cuban-American singer, born 99 years ago this fall, is the second musician ever to appear on a U.S. coin.
Jackson councilwoman Angelique Lee resigns ahead of bribery guilty plea
The Mississippi Black Catholic was indicted Wednesday after accepting benefits from undercover FBI agents in exchange for political favors.