
Second Black Catholic politician at center of Jackson bribery scandal
City Councilwoman Angelique Lee resigned in August, and the FBI has now indicted an alleged ringleader in Hinds County DA Jody E. Owens II.
City Councilwoman Angelique Lee resigned in August, and the FBI has now indicted an alleged ringleader in Hinds County DA Jody E. Owens II.
Would that the nation's Catholic prelates took a stand on social clarity (and charity) in 2024. Alas, it was not so, writes Nate Tinner-Williams.
Daryl Grigsby on the moral and ethical betrayal of Catholic social teaching and a Church laity (and hierarchy) that seems to be nodding right along.
Dorothy Dempsey on the state of affairs in a post-Trump, pre-Trump American moment.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Secretary of State, contrasted Trump's campaign promises with reality, human dignity, and Pope Francis.
The Northeast was a boon for Black and Afro-Latino congressional candidates amid widespread Republican victories in the Senate and White House.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's comments at a New York GOP rally last month have sparked bipartisan censure amid a defiant Trump campaign stance.
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.
Dr. Ronald E. Smith on how to interpret Pope Francis' recent voting guidance for Catholics in the United States.
She has long taken heat for questioning conservative Catholic values, but her full record complicates blanket claims of anti-Catholicism.
On King Baudouin, Cdl Fridolin Ambongo says Congolese bishops remain open, while noting an investigation will dig deeply into the royal's past.
At the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla of Juba spoke on various issues in his region and the need for continued dialogue.
Tulio Huggins on the conundrum of former President Donald Trump at an annual Catholic fundraising gala gone spiritually awry.
Jack Champagne on the GOP vice presidential candidate's fixation on the immigrant other—and the malformed Catholic imagination that animates it.
The 33-year-old Black Catholic has a history of inflammatory comments and is running to unseat three-term incumbent Amy Klobuchar.
Archbishop Launay Saturné of Cap-Haitien is one of two Black Caribbean delegates to the Synod on Synodality, currently convening in Rome for the month of October.