Parolin and Prevost: A tale of two papabile
Nate Tinner-Williams on the unforeseen ascension of an American pope and the swift reduction of an old Italian guard.
'Providential': Black Catholics react to Pope Leo XIV, the Creole
The former Robert Prevost is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are forming of the new supreme pontiff.
White smoke, Black pope? Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiff, has African roots
Previously unknown genealogy on the 69-year-old Chicago native was revealed by genealogists shortly after white smoke rose in St. Peter's Square.
Fr Jeff Harvey, acclaimed Vincentian professor and preacher, dead at 61
The Los Angeles native spent more than three decades as a parish priest and seminary professor in the United States and Oceania.
Amid conclave, Black Catholic theologians remember Pope Francis, look to future
Drs. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow and Andrew Prevot give perspective as cardinals select a new pope to lead the worldwide Catholic Church.
Alexis Herman, from Jim Crow to first Black labor secretary, dead at 77
The White House pioneer from Alabama made inroads for inclusion in the national workforce and served as a high-ranking Democratic Party official.
Cardinal Wilton Gregory says Mass at Rome titular church ahead of 2025 papal conclave
The Black Catholic prelate gathered with his Italian faithful amid scheduled Masses with cardinals in town to elect a successor to Pope Francis.
Review: 'Black Bag' wows with spy thriller themes on bedrock of virtue messaging
Nate Tinner-Williams reviews Steven Soderbergh's latest, which promotes marriage and fidelity while not skimping on complexity or cinema.
Haitian immigrant dies in ICE custody
Marie Ange Blaise, 44, suffered chest pain before her death at a privately owned facility in Florida, her third stop in custody since February.
Interview: Cheyenne Johnson, who will make 3,000-mile trek on 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
The Black Catholic campus minister chats with Nate Tinner-Williams on her excitement for the journey and hunger to walk with Christ in a new way.
Meet the Black American who read at Pope Francis' funeral.
Kielce Gussie, a 28-year-old journalist from Florida with the Holy See, speaks on her historic appearance during the Requiem Mass in Vatican City.
Ordination anniversary of Venerable Augustus Tolton celebrated in Rome
The first openly Black Catholic priest in America was ordained at the Lateran Basilica in 1886 and was put on the path to sainthood in 2010.
Black cardinals—and not just Africans—among candidates for next pope
An African American and a Haitian are expected to join 15 Black African electors in the papal conclave, which could choose one from their number.
Pope Francis, Latin American pontiff of the poor, dead at 88
The globe-trotting Argentinian prelate was a force in the Catholic Church, to which he dedicated seven decades as a student, shepherd, and servant.
Reconstructed Fort Mose, first free Black settlement in America, opening May 9
The $3M project is the fruit of decades of advocacy promoting the Spanish Black Catholic site in St. Augustine, Florida—the nation's oldest city.
Archdiocese of Chicago sues claimants who alleged abuse at Black Catholic parish
Two defendants are among some 30 individuals alleged to have conspired in filing false claims against notorious former priest Daniel McCormack.