Marcus Freeman first Black coach in FBS football national championship
The 39-year-old Black Catholic led the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to a semifinal win in the newly expanded College Football Playoff on Thursday.
Converts
Sr Veronica Higgins, Carmelite known for advocacy, dead at 74
The African-American Catholic convert served the special needs community after years as a Catholic school educator in OKC.
How a White Jewish Catholic professor found God at an HBCU
Melissa Presser on her journey to healing, intersecting with divine providence at Florida Memorial University.
What does JD Vance—and Springfield, Ohio—owe Haitian immigrants?
Jack Champagne on the GOP vice presidential candidate's fixation on the immigrant other—and the malformed Catholic imagination that animates it.
James Earl Jones, legendary voice and theater actor, dead at 93
The famed stage and film actor was the voice behind Darth Vader and Mufasa, among other iconic roles in his nearly seven-decade career.
Arthur J. Gregg, first Black U.S. lieutenant general, dead at 96
The Black Catholic army trailblazer overcame segregation within and outside the military and had a base renamed in his honor in 2023.
Review: 'Kidnapped' tells sordid Catholic tale with drama, flair, and perhaps a bone to pick
The infamous Mortara Affair is centered in the Italian-language Cannes pick, which puts the Church hierarchy on trial for its sins of the past.
Candace Owens converts to Catholicism
The long-expected move comes amid familiar controversy for the young Black conservative pundit based in Nashville.
Former NBA star Devin Harris converts to Catholicism
The Dallas Mavericks mainstay made headlines this month for his graduation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after nearly two decades away.
Married Black Catholic ordained a priest in Minnesota
Fr Jean-Claude Duncan, a father of nine and grandfather of one, was formerly a Methodist minister and converted with his family in 2016.
Br Derrick Turrentine making first vows with Carmelites on June 12 in New York
The 41-year-old convert has been a novice with the Province of St. Elias since last summer.
NBA coach Andrew Jones III announces Catholic conversion
A Detroit Pistons assistant is swimming the Tiber come April at the Easter vigil, following inspiration from his wife, children, and a local Black priest.
Exclusive: Kirk Whalum on Catholic conversion, gospel jazz, and finding identity in God—on sax
One of the most popular instrumentalists in American music talks with Nate Tinner-Williams about his 40-year career and his recent journey to the Catholic faith.
Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin
Marian apparitions in the United States are all but non-existent, but one Black Mississippian born this day in 1923 may have broken the mold. Nate Tinner-Williams explores.
American among those making final vows with Holy Family Sisters today in New Orleans
Today in New Orleans, an African-American convert will become a full member of the nation's second-oldest order of Black nuns, founded in 1837 by Venerable Henriette DeLille.
African-American Catholic priest who served in Brazil is on the road to sainthood
A pioneering Conventual Franciscan, born near Boston and serving in Brazil for most of his life, could be the next African-American Catholic priest up for sainhood.