Dr. Ansel Augustine featured in upcoming National Religious Vocation Conference event
The "Holy Hot Boy", recently returned to the Crescent City from a Black ministry post in DC, is a presenter in a vocations event concerning religious life.
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Biff Poggi, football coach and funder, departing St Frances Academy
The coach of one of the best football programs in the country—which he personally funded at a Black Catholic high school in Baltimore—is returning to the college ranks.
Black Catholics win big in Catholic Press Awards
African Americans were counted among the creators, co-creators, and subjects of a number of award-winning Catholic media pieces last year. We have a list.
'After the Flare and Flame': an ordination poem
Fr Joseph A. Brown, SJ offers a poetic reflection on the recent ordination of Fr Ajani Gibson and eight of his fellow Midwest Jesuits.
Black Catholic gold medalists Simone Biles, Matt Centrowitz Jr. qualify for Tokyo Olympics
At least two Black Catholics will compete for Team USA in Tokyo, and both will defend titles from Rio.
Reflection: Profiled at the altar
Do African Americans experience racial profiling in the Church? Unfortunately yes. and not just in the past. Alessandra Harris shares a personal experience.
Kolt Kodesh: the newest face in Catholic hip-hop
What happens when a Black Christian rapper from South Jersey sees the light and swims the Tiber? Perhaps the beginnings of a Catholic hip-hop revolution.
Reflection: 'In The Heights' and Afro-Latino erasure
Lin Manuel-Miranda's latest is stirring up controversy on the silver screen, occasioning an explanatory reflection from BCM's resident Afro-Latino, Gunnar Gundersen.
National Black Catholic Congress seeking information from U.S. Black seminarians
Know a Black seminarian? The National Black Catholic Congress and National Black Catholic Seminarians Association would like to as well.
Black Catholics on display in run-up to Tokyo Olympics
Black Catholics aplenty have spent the last year or more preparing for the 2021 Summer Olympics, and things are beginning to heat up.
Dr. Clint Smith III's "How the Word Is Passed" tops NYT Bestseller List
A Black Catholic has topped the nation's premier bestseller list with a book on the deep history of chattel slavery in the United States.
Josephite seminarians making first profession on Sunday
The nation's only order of priests dedicated to serving African-Americans will have two newly-professed members come Sunday.
New African-American priest in New Orleans already making waves
New Orleans' newest Black priest, Fr Ajani Gibson, managed to go viral twice within the first 36 hours of his priesthood. He's just getting started.
Simone Biles, queen of the mat, making history, enemies
Simone Biles landed a never-before-seen vault on Tuesday, but what should have been a well-scored move has become a source of controversy.
Black Catholic spring: African American transitional deacons receiving holy orders
Who says Black men aren't answering the call? Springtime is bringing priestly ordinations around the country this year.
Cardinal Gregory participating in virtual event with Pope Francis, DC Catholic high school students tomorrow morning
Tomorrow morning, the pope will join Cardinal Gregory and students from one of the capital's many Black Catholic high schools to launch a DC chapter of Francis' youth organization.