Opinion: Children are at risk in the 'full circle of the forgotten'
Missy Enaje reflects on the modern impulse to feint on social justice and ultimately leave vulnerable children in the lurch.
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Reflection: "We are beloved"—an oft-needed reminder from Servant of God Thea Bowman
Karianna Frey, a Black Catholic author with family connections to a saintly Black nun, reflects on her witness and the new devotional she wrote in her honor.
Opinion: Black Catholics ended slavery, tackled Jim Crow, fought abuse, and saved America
Nate Tinner-Williams argues that from the beginning of US colonial history, Black Catholics have been a sign of contradiction, modeling justice amidst unremitting opposition.
Opinion: The Kyle Rittenhouse verdict deforms natural law
As another White man walks free following his own gun violence, attorney Gunnar Gundersen wonders: which tradition of law justifies reckless escalation?
Bishops' gathering in Baltimore features brief bright spots, more of the same
The USCCB has wrapped its first in-person meeting in two years, but the intervening pandemic and racial reckoning have hardly caused much of a shift.
Reflection: Too few people recognize the contributions of Black Catholics—from Toni Morrison to Homer Plessy
Nadra Nittle is a Protestant concerned with the neglect of Black people in Catholic histories. Read why she wrote a new book on Toni Morrison.
Reflection: Why I wrote a new book about Catholic anti-racism
Dr. Ansel Augustine reflects on his upcoming book tackling "America's Original Sin" and its effect on youth ministry in the modern age.
Opinion: Archbishop Gomez' address erased Black Latinos too
Anti-Blackness is not new in the Latin American experience, but when the USCCB president embodied the phenomenon in a recent address, it upped the ante.
What is the Blackest diocese in America? It depends.
Ever wondered which diocese has the highest percentage of Black Catholics. With the help of some data from 2016, we might just have the answer.
Born 442 years ago, St Martin de Porres is a man for our times
The life and witness of the first Black saint from the Americas continues to inspire the world. His fellow Dominican, Fr Jeffery Ott, reflects.
Reflection: Rwandan martyrs Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba modeled pacifism, prayer
A devout Catholic couple and several of their children were among the victims of the Rwandan Genocide. Nancy Saro reflects on their witness as their canonization cause advances.
Reflection: 21st-century vocation and mission from the perspective of a Black religious brother
A Black Dominican brother in New Orleans explains his ministry, vocation story, and why God is still calling men to religious brotherhood.
On this feast of St Cyprian, African bishop and martyr, remember his faithful ministry during a pandemic
A more than decade-long pandemic in the 3rd century brought out the best in an African saint and the Christian Church. What does it teach us today?
Opinion: What to the slave is George Washington's Mount Vernon?
Gunnar Gundersen visits one of the most famous historical sites in American history. It's also a slave plantation.
Opinion: Until the whole life matters to conservative Catholics, critiques of Biden's failures ring hollow
Gunnar Gundersen explains why Biden's new comments on abortion put him not in opposition to far-right voices, but on a similar plane of anti-Blackness.
Reflection: Simon of Cyrene, a model of hope for Catholics of African descent
Efran Menny offers a reflection on Simon of Cyrene, an ancient African saint who models service and hope for the children of the diaspora.