Later this year, the Josephites will ordain three Nigerians to the transitional diaconate later this year, while an American will complete his journey to religious brotherhood.
The annual gala honoring Venerable Pierre Toussaint and funding education at home and abroad will take place in Manhattan during Black Catholic History Month.
The Fort Mose Historical Society will host its annual meeting this month in St. Augustine, Florida, celebrating new developments and old traditions.
The first US seminary to accept African-Americans into formation for the Catholic priesthood has been listed on the nation's top preservation database.
A famed Black Creole of history will soon be memorialized in his hometown, near the parish he helped found nearly two centuries ago in upstate Louisiana.
The pope has joined international calls for relief efforts in the Caribbean following Hurricane Fiona, including from politicians and his fellow Catholic bishops.
Black Catholic politicians are among those bearing the brunt of their co-religionists' actions at the border, and they aren't going without a fight.
A new book on Black Catholics in the Americas traces Church history in colonial West Africa through the slave trade and its peculiar influence on African-American Christianity.
One of several major feast days for US Black Catholics, that of St Peter Claver is upon us, and events are happening around the country to usher in a spirit of justice.
Nate Tinner-Williams dives into the history of Jazz Mass in the Church, a phenomenon dating back to the 1950s and the beginnings of bona-fide Black Catholic liturgy.
Does the Church have a responsibility to show Jesus in a way corresponding to his historical appearance and in the diversity of local cultures? Ashley Paul thinks so.
Gunnar Gundersen dissects a new interview by Bishop Robert Barron of actor Shia LaBeouf, a recent Catholic convert alleged to have abused multiple ex-girlfriends.
The pope's surprise summer consistories are beginning this weekend in Rome. Briana Huddleston dives into the most striking storylines.
The founder of Texas' first women's religious order died 115 years ago Thursday. Nate Tinner-Williams explores her shocking life story.
Ralph Moore Jr., a member of the group behind a letter-writing campaign to canonize the six African Americans to sainthood, makes his case for hagiological inclusion.
A queer Black woman remains imprisoned on trumped-up charges in Putin's Russia—where she played because of pay disparity in the US. Efran Menny laments.
