Arrest made in fatal shooting of Wayne 'LOC' Shaw, brother of rap legend Too Short
The 61-year-old was killed at his business in Oakland, California, on Jan. 29 in what is believed to have been a robbery attempt gone wrong.
In Memoriam
Marcus Garvey posthumously pardoned by Joe Biden
The Jamaican-born Catholic activist was a pivotal figure in 20th-century Black organizing in America and across the Black diaspora.
Aaliyah Barbie doll sells out on birthday of late singer
The commemorative figurine comes amid renewed interest in the singer's catalog and in her enduring impact on the R&B genre even after her death.
Catholic-raised urban fiction author Donald Goines to be honored with mural, biopic
A group of local artists, led by Robert "Seven' Shannon III, announced the news this month ahead of the bestselling author's 50th death anniversary.
Al Attles, pioneering NBA coach and Warriors ambassador, dead at 87
The Black Catholic player and coach was the longest-tenured employee in league history, remaining with the Warriors for six decades across three cities.
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.
Sainthood cause for Martin de Porres Ward receives Vatican approval
The Boston-born Black missionary to Brazil died 25 years ago this summer and was the first African-American to join the Conventual Franciscans.
Plaque honoring Bishop Joseph Howze, first openly Black U.S. ordinary, to be dedicated in Biloxi
The ceremony will follow a Mass celebrated by Bishop Louis Kihneman III at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, a historically Black parish.
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.
From a funeral to a wedding: The joy-filled homegoing of Fr Norman Fischer
Ali Mumbach reflects on a powerful display of love and remembrance for a Black Catholic priest gone long too soon.
Joint Conference to celebrate Black Catholic clergy, religious, and seminarians in Louisville
The annual gathering comes just weeks after the passing of National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus president Fr Norman Fischer.
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.
New film shares personal letters of Venerable Augustus Tolton
CHICAGO — A new documentary on Venerable Augustus Tolton features personal letters from the pioneering Black Catholic priest, to be shared publicly for the first time upon the film’s release in June. A private screening of “Tolton Speaks: The Life and Letters of Fr. Augustus Tolton” was held in February
St. Louis to fete 100th birthday of Sr Mary Antona Ebo, 'Sister of Selma'
Black Catholic groups in Missouri will celebrate the late African-American nun and activist with a centennial Mass and honorary presentation.
At funeral Mass, hundreds mourn family killed by driver at San Francisco bus stop
An international crowd paid respects to Diego Cardoso de Oliveira, Matilde Ramos Pinto, and their two small children in a liturgy at St. Dominic's.
Allison 'Tootie' Montana, famed Mardi Gras Indian, to be honored in New Orleans
The Black Catholic culture-bearer helmed the Black Masking tradition for more than 50 years until his death in 2005 at the age of 82.