Georgetown Reconciliation Fund will award $400,000 annually to benefit descendants of Jesuit slaves
A top-ranked Catholic university has announced plans to award grants annually to atone for its participation in slavery.
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Statement: National Black Catholic Seminarians Association on Juneteenth 2022
The official Juneteenth statement of the association representing Catholic seminarians of African descent in the United States.
Sam Smith, former basketball pro, dies at 79 amidst NBA pension controversy
For years, the NBA has refused retirement benefits to former ABA players, despite the two leagues merging in 1976. The latest to die was a Black Catholic.
Reflection: The Black Catholic martyrs of New York deserve our veneration
On this day 281 years ago, British colonial authorities in New York commenced what includes perhaps the first Black Catholic martyrdoms in the future United States.
Black Catholic clergy speak out on White Supremacist massacre in Buffalo
A number of African-American priests and bishops have lent their voices to the chorus condemning the racist shootings in upstate New York last weekend.
UPDATED: Catholic professor from Notre Dame cited in Buffalo shooter's manifesto
The 180-page White Supremacist manifesto that preceded the deadly shooting in Buffalo cited a White Catholic professor from one of the nation's most prestigious Catholic universities.
Opinion: American Catholic bishops owe us more in response to anti-Black terrorism
US bishops' responses to the recent racist massacre in Buffalo have varied widely, with some prelates avoiding the elephant in the room. Briana Jansky dissects the inaction.
Review: 'Father Stu' gives Catholicism a fair shake, despite flaws
Hollywood's newest Catholic offering is a story filled with inspiration and faith, but also question marks and even more questionable real-life actors.
Interview: Bishop-elect Jacques Fabre, America's first Haitian Catholic ordinary
A sit-down with the first-ever Haitian appointed to head a US Catholic diocese—covering history, faith, and the need for collaboration between laity and the bishops.
Reflection: St Joseph the Black, pray for us
An editorial reflection from Nate Tinner-Williams links the father of Jesus to the experience of African Americans in a strange land.
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.
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.
Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Sr Helen Prejean to host death penalty webinar Tuesday
As the death penalty continues to wreak havoc at the state level, two prominent abolition advocates in the Church will host a dialogue on Tuesday.
Knights of Peter Claver hosting webinar today on human trafficking
The nation's Black Catholic fraternal order is again revisiting the invisible pandemic of human trafficking, with an event today featuring experts in Los Angeles.
Opinion: The Catholic Church is covering up anti-Black racism
BCM editor Nate Tinner-Williams gives his take on abuse, racism, and the upcoming 2023 Synod of Bishops.