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Synod working groups—including on women's ordination, episcopal authority—open for public submissions until April
The 10 study groups were formed in March 2024 to continue (and, in some cases, sideline) discussions swirling at the Synod on Synodality.

Racism and abuse have devastated U.S. Catholicism. Is there a way forward?
Alessandra Harris surveys various eras of Church history where human dignity was cast aside, and envisions a new dawn where healing can flourish.

The leaven of Herod
Dorothy Dempsey on a pugilistic president and his machinations against nation and neighbor.

Here are the Catholic bishops who enslaved Black people in America.
Nate Tinner-Williams explores the history of episcopal human trafficking in what would become the United States of America.

This Black History Month, I wonder: Why are we still comparing civil rights and abortion?
Daryl Grigsby on the false equivalencies finding oxygen due to actions from a nascent Trump administration bent on anything but racial justice.

Synod working groups—including on women's ordination, episcopal authority—open for public submissions until April
The 10 study groups were formed in March 2024 to continue (and, in some cases, sideline) discussions swirling at the Synod on Synodality.

Cardinal Robert McElroy succeeds Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington
The 70-year-old Bishop of San Diego is, like the lone African-American cardinal, one of Pope Francis' most trusted allies among U.S. prelates.

President Joe Biden commutes (almost) all of federal death row
The historic move comes after years of advocacy on the part of activists, clergy, politicians, and even the pope.

Vatican's top cardinal speaks on Donald Trump's second presidential victory
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Secretary of State, contrasted Trump's campaign promises with reality, human dignity, and Pope Francis.

'Hip-Hop Mass' brings African-American Catholic flair in Atlanta
The new composition premiered this month in Georgia at the Lyke House Catholic Center, with a planned expansion due in the coming months.

Review: 'The Colors Within' is a Catholic-themed anime film with serious musical flair
Nate Tinner-Williams says the movie is remarkable in its willingness to explore teen angst and spirituality with, shall we say, uncolored glasses.

Xavier University of Louisiana adds rowing—sport's first co-ed HBCU team
The sport, whose XULA club team has made waves since its establishment in 2023, continues to gain popularity at the Black Catholic university.

How a Black Catholic school choir reminded me about the joy of prayer
Tamika Royes on her experience with international faith in action, featuring young men from historic St. Augustine High School in New Orleans.

Danielle Brown resigns as director of U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism
The Michigan-born attorney and former judge had served at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since 2018 and left quietly in January.

Black Catholic books of note (2025 edition)
A sampling of new and upcoming texts written by Black Catholics in the past year.

Racism and abuse have devastated U.S. Catholicism. Is there a way forward?
Alessandra Harris surveys various eras of Church history where human dignity was cast aside, and envisions a new dawn where healing can flourish.

This Black History Month, I wonder: Why are we still comparing civil rights and abortion?
Daryl Grigsby on the false equivalencies finding oxygen due to actions from a nascent Trump administration bent on anything but racial justice.
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What does JD Vance—and Springfield, Ohio—owe Haitian immigrants?
Jack Champagne on the GOP vice presidential candidate's fixation on the immigrant other—and the malformed Catholic imagination that animates it.

Sainthood cause for Martin de Porres Ward receives Vatican approval
The Boston-born Black missionary to Brazil died 25 years ago this summer and was the first African-American to join the Conventual Franciscans.

To be Black and Jesuit: A struggle in the world's largest religious order
Kevin Tachie explores a recent dissertation on the experience of Jesuit formation for Black men in America.