Interview: Fr Anthony "Amde" Hamilton, Creole poet and rap founder turned Oriental Orthodox priest
A sit-down with one of the first rappers in history, a Catholic-raised Creole with strong Louisiana roots and a bone to pick with the powers that be.
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Fundraiser seeks to save Heart of Mary Catholic School in Mobile, Alabama
A group of alumni and board members are banding together in an attempt to save a 121-year-old Black Catholic school—the
'We are a gift to this country': Cardinal Wilton Gregory celebrates annual Black History Month Mass for Brooklyn Diocese
The nation's Black cardinal crossed state lines this week to fete the faithful of Queens and Brooklyn, where he celebrated the annual Mass of Thanksgiving for Black History Month.
BHM Editorial: With Blackness still under assault, the Church cannot remain silent.
The official Black History Month statement from the editorial board of Black Catholic Messenger.
Fr Jacques Fabre, CS named Bishop of Charleston—a Haitian first for the United States
Skipping the line to become a bishop, a Black priest from Haiti is due to make waves come April when he is seated in April as the next head of the Diocese of Charleston.
Reflection: Black Catholics should see Malcolm X as 'a hero'
Gunnar Gundersen reflects on the witness of Malcolm X as a fiercely pro-Black advocate who was once honored as such by a future Catholic saint.
Black Catholics reflect on racism and resistance in webinar from Knights of Peter Claver
A cross-section of Black Catholic leaders met on Saturday to discuss the ongoing struggle against racism in and outside the Catholic Church.
Sisters of Charity Federation acknowledges slaveholding in new statement
14 congregations of women religious in the US have newly detailed their connection to the enslavement—and, at times, the selling—of African Americans in the 1800s.
Annual gala honoring Chicago's Black Catholic founder set for March 5th
A Chicago public park in honor of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable was announced 35 years ago. It is still yet to come, and a local nonprofit aims to be the change.
America's Black Holocaust Museum, founded in Milwaukee by a Catholic, reopening physically after 13 years
The nation's only major museum dedicated to the experience of anti-Blackness in America is returning to in-person status after more than a decade of financial struggle.
CTU hosting webinar Thursday on 'Black Catholic exodus'
African-American Catholics are leaving the Church like clockwork, and a virtual event this week out of Chicago will aim to address the phenomenon head-on.
Fort Mose Jazz and Blues Series rocking this month in St Augustine, Florida
A historic Black Catholic fort in North Florida is raising funds for a reconstructed model of its former glory with a music fest for Black History Month.
CUA to host Thea Bowman lecture on Tuesday from Fr Manuel Williams, CR
The legacy of the nation's most recent Black saint-to-be will be on display at her alma mater Tuesday, with a lecture from a priest who knew her personally.
A rock befitting St. Peter's: Samuel Henderson, a Black Catholic hero in the 1878 Memphis plague
The fame of a certain 19th-century Black Catholic handyman is well known in his native Memphis, but his death in 1907 was perhaps only the beginning of his story.
National Black Catholic Congress president Campbell fetes new Black archbishop of Louisville
The president of the National Black Catholic Congress is sending well wishes to the nation's fourth African-American archbishop in history.
Historic Anatok plantation, birthplace of Daniel Rudd, demolished by archdiocese
A historic site for Black Catholicism in northern Kentucky has gone the way of much of Black history, demolished this week in favor of nearby facility expansions.