In search of Black Catholic art
Black Catholic art is hard to come by, and defining it is a task unto itself. Nate Tinner-Williams explores the history and speaks with young creators breaking into the field.
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Applications open for Fairfield University's new access-oriented Bridgeport campus
A Jesuit university has plans to shake up higher education access in Connecticut. Things are moving right ahead, despite some local opposition.
Fr Wilbur Thomas, first Black Catholic priest in Western North Carolina, dead at 75
A founding clergyman of the Diocese of Charlotte has passed away from cancer after nearly 50 years of priestly ministry.
Opinion: The Club Q shooting shows Catholics owe more to LGBTQ+ people
A high school student in Colorado Springs says Catholics must rally around the marginalized without caveats—especially when they are targeted with violence.
Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin
Marian apparitions in the United States are all but non-existent, but one Black Mississippian born this day in 1923 may have broken the mold. Nate Tinner-Williams explores.
Reflection: Blessed are the peacemakers in New Orleans
Ansel Augustine calls out the scourge of gun violence in New Orleans, and explains how interfaith partnerships may lead the way to change.
Xavier University of Louisiana launching NAIA soccer in 2023
After a 16-year absence, intercollegiate soccer is returning to New Orleans at the hands of the nation's Catholic HBCU.
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.
Catholics should be prison abolitionists
Efran Menny reflects on the call of transformative justice, and the need for Catholics to treat seriously the prospect of prison abolition.
Opinion: Masks off at US Catholic bishops' meeting in Baltimore
The USCCB's annual fall assembly in Baltimore was a roller coaster of messaging from brazenly anti-Francis to performatively aligned, Nate Tinner-Williams opines.
Black Catholics in Congress (2022 edition)
Black Catholics are increasingly elusive in Congress, and the 2022 midterms are bringing more of the same. Even so, things are somewhat complicated. Nate Tinner-Williams explains.
Reward offered in shooting of Black Catholic school students in Chicago
Three young brothers were shot over the weekend in Chicago. Their parish is offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.
Sister Thea Bowman Plaza unveiling Tuesday at University of San Diego
The latest renaming for the nation's most recent Black Catholic saint-to-be will take place today at a plaza on the campus of the University of San Diego.
Catholic university leaders speak out with affirmative action on the line
As affirmative action faces scrutiny from the US Supreme Court, Catholic leaders say diversity in higher education—itself an innovation within the program—is key.
Bishop O'Dowd High in Oakland piloting new AP African American Studies course
Amid national controversies concerning race in the classroom, the College Board is piloting a new course on Black history—including at a Catholic school.
Louisiana native making final profession with the Josephites on December 1
Later this year, the Josephites will ordain three Nigerians to the transitional diaconate later this year, while an American will complete his journey to religious brotherhood.