Is it time for a Catholic charter school movement?
Catholic schools are closing every year, but few parishes are moving to capitalize in the aftermath. Dr. Ronald Smith says there's a better way.
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Ignatian imagination can lead us to solidarity with Palestine.
Daryl Grigsby reflects on the injustice of Gazan suffering the scourge of White Christian nationalist hypocrisy.
A 'delicate matter': Clarence Thomas’ private complaints about money sparked fears he would resign
Interviews and newly unearthed documents reveal that Thomas, facing financial strain, privately pushed for a higher salary and to allow Supreme Court justices to take speaking fees.
The New Globalization is not Christian.
Dr. Ronald Smith grapples with the realities of rapid globalization led by Asia and Russia in an age of religious pluralism.
Assata Shakur wrote to the pope 25 years ago. Her letter still resonates.
Efran Menny resurfaces an oft-forgotten letter from a famed Black activist (and lapsed Catholic) to John Paul II, urging him to act for Black liberation.
Review: 'Preaching Racial Justice' sheds ecumenical light on a growing need
Dr. Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenberg reviews a "thoughtfully and collectively crafted" homiletics text featuring a number of Black Catholic contributors.
Report: Black Catholic young adult plan of action
The compiled recommendations borne from the national Black Catholic young adult gathering held this fall in New Orleans.
Interview: Dr. Cynthia Bailey Manns, an African-American laywoman at the synod
Dr. Valerie Lewis-Mosley and Nate Tinner-Williams discuss with Manns the historic meeting in Rome that left her energized about synodality and the future of the Church.
Baltimore group meets with Vatican officials to urge canonization of U.S. Black Catholics
The activists have long called for an exception to the notably unwieldy canonization process—which has yet to produce a single Black American saint.
A call for intercession: the need for healing from persisting racism
Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg recounts a racist incident this year involving a Philadelphia Catholic school, chronicles the response, and urges the Church to act.
On Diddy and Keke: the Catholic Church and domestic violence
Efran Menny on how recent high-profile allegations of partner abuse reveal a need for deeper conversations in the Black Catholic community.
Ending the death sentence: Black maternal health and the Catholic Church
Efran Menny breaks down the ongoing crisis of medical racism and the Catholic call to support Black mothers in need.
Shifts, silence, and synodality: a so-called sleepy U.S. bishops gathering in Baltimore
Nate Tinner-Williams recaps what was ultimately a perfunctory episcopal affair, with a few notable exceptions that might raise eyebrows.
Joseph Strickland was my bishop. Here's why he had to go.
Briana Jansky of Tyler, Texas, explains how her erstwhile shepherd—removed this month by the Vatican—led her flock astray and nearly sabotaged her faith.
Identity, faith, and belonging: my journey as an adoptee
Joseph Peach shares his discovery of identity in Christ while exploring life as an adopted child of God—and of White Americans.
Three Black Catholic parishes in New Orleans to close in 2024
The announcement comes amid ongoing financial challenges related to clergy sex abuse, though the archdiocese says its bankruptcy is unrelated to the closures.