White student charged with hate crime at Catholic school in Louisiana
Following a brazenly racist incident at Vandebilt Catholic in Houma, Louisiana, a 15-year-old White male has been charged with a hate crime and battery.
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Catholic Mobilizing Network holding poetry contest for young adults against capital punishment
A new poetry competition will award $1000 to a young adult Catholic expressing their opposition to the death penalty in verse. Deadline May 31st.
Podcast on racism debuts next week from USCCB's Catholic News Service
The US bishops' news bureau will soon debut its second podcast in 6 months, covering racism in the history of the Catholic Church.
New Catholic pilgrimage series to focus on racial justice in Memphis, Louisville, the Twin Cities, and beyond
Modern Catholic Pilgrim is bringing its racial justice events under the patronage of Servant of God Thea Bowman, with a firm focus and vision for the future.
Pax Christi USA displays 'Mama' icon across from Catholic University of America campus in DC
The nation's premier Catholic peace organization is displaying an icon that was recently stolen—twice—from nearby Catholic University.
'We are a gift to this country': Cardinal Wilton Gregory celebrates annual Black History Month Mass for Brooklyn Diocese
The nation's Black cardinal crossed state lines this week to fete the faithful of Queens and Brooklyn, where he celebrated the annual Mass of Thanksgiving for Black History Month.
BHM Editorial: With Blackness still under assault, the Church cannot remain silent.
The official Black History Month statement from the editorial board of Black Catholic Messenger.
Fr Jacques Fabre, CS named Bishop of Charleston—a Haitian first for the United States
Skipping the line to become a bishop, a Black priest from Haiti is due to make waves come April when he is seated in April as the next head of the Diocese of Charleston.
Reflection: Black Catholics should see Malcolm X as 'a hero'
Gunnar Gundersen reflects on the witness of Malcolm X as a fiercely pro-Black advocate who was once honored as such by a future Catholic saint.
Black Catholics reflect on racism and resistance in webinar from Knights of Peter Claver
A cross-section of Black Catholic leaders met on Saturday to discuss the ongoing struggle against racism in and outside the Catholic Church.
Sisters of Charity Federation acknowledges slaveholding in new statement
14 congregations of women religious in the US have newly detailed their connection to the enslavement—and, at times, the selling—of African Americans in the 1800s.
America's Black Holocaust Museum, founded in Milwaukee by a Catholic, reopening physically after 13 years
The nation's only major museum dedicated to the experience of anti-Blackness in America is returning to in-person status after more than a decade of financial struggle.
CUA to host Thea Bowman lecture on Tuesday from Fr Manuel Williams, CR
The legacy of the nation's most recent Black saint-to-be will be on display at her alma mater Tuesday, with a lecture from a priest who knew her personally.
Reflection: Knowledge of Black history is essential to Black Catholic heritage
An African-American Josephite priest in Los Angeles reminds Black Catholics that amidst repressive legislation, the true teaching of history remains key.
Opinion: The pro-life movement has some explaining to do
Alessandra Harris explains how the pro-life movement has tarnished its own image by supporting anti-Blackness and erasing Black maternal concerns.
Bishop Shelton Fabre named next Archbishop of Louisville
One of the nation's two Black ordinaries has been tapped to head the Archdiocese of Louisville, making history as the first-ever non-White person in the role.