Where to find a Black Catholic History Month event (2025 edition)
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SNAP food assistance program to lapse for first time ever, Catholic leaders respond
As the federal shutdown enters its fifth week, roughly 42 million Americans could soon be without grocery funds from a government at a standstill.
'Early stages of dementia': Police report on 88-year-old House Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
The congresswoman was scammed out of thousands this month and is believed to be suffering from dementia as she seeks her 19th term in office.
St. Patrick Catholic Church in Charleston gets $500k preservation grant
The matching funds will support the historic Black parish's capital campaign, with the end goal of an onsite African-American Heritage Center
'The New Yorker at 100' review: The Whitest man in town
Nate Tinner-Williams on a new film praising the darling magazine of American elites—which he says is a tone-deaf attempt to distill by deletion.
'He loved his God': Trailblazing journalist Michael Days remembered at New Jersey funeral
The longtime Philadelphia Daily News editor and devout Black Catholic was buried from his home parish in Trenton with hundreds in attendance.
Michael Days, leading Black journalist and mentor in Philadelphia, dead at 72
The veteran media executive was the first Black top editor at the Philadelphia Daily News and was well-known for promoting media diversity.
Abuse lawsuit against Haitian-American bishop Guy Sansaricq delayed by court filing
The Brooklyn Diocese withheld public notice of the 2019 allegation until his death in 2021, and only this week attorneys told the court he is deceased.
Prophetic message from Sr Oralisa Martin stirs East of the River Revival in Maryland
The Black Catholic evangelist brought a spirited message of renewal to more than 700 attendees at the annual event in the Archdiocese of Washington.
The hidden history of Black Catholic martyrs in America
Nate Tinner-Williams explores a rarely discussed facet of American Catholic holiness, linking stories of sacrifice from across what is now the United States.
George Santos' seven-year fraud sentence commuted by President Trump
The former congressman from New York was expelled from the House of Representatives in 2023 and sentenced to federal prison in April.
'Real Housewives' stars Wendy and Eddie Osefo booked on fraud charges in Maryland
The Nigerian-American Catholic couple is accused of fabricating a home burglary to net more than $450,000 in overlapping insurance payouts.
President Jimmy Carter's grandson endorses Jason Esteves in Georgia governor's race
The announcement comes as the young Black Catholic ramps up his campaign and messaging for next May's increasingly crowded Democratic primary.
'Clemente' review: A secular hagiography of a Black Catholic baseball star
Nate Tinner-Williams reviews a new documentary that gets religion wrong but impact right with its close-up lens on the MLB's "Great One".
Sought in pilgrimage, Venerable Augustus Tolton is still inspiring faith and justice.
Linda Lysakowski recounts a recent trip to the birthplace of and commemorative sites honoring the nation's first openly Black Catholic priest.
Texas' Black Catholic-heavy special election for Congress is largely mum on Israel
Voters for the US House's vacant 18th district seat must parse candidates—several of them Black Catholics—who have largely avoided the Gaza issue.