Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Shreveport celebrating 100 years on Sunday
Amid measured triumph over a planned freeway extension, a historic Catholic church in northwest Louisiana is celebrating its centennial this weekend.
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How Sr Thea Bowman inspired me to make Black Catholic art
Houston-based artist Al Sauls explains the inspiration for his Black Catholic paintings and the need for inculturated art in the Church.
Notre Dame webinar series will lead up to Tolton pilgrimage in April
The in-person event will coincide with the 169th birthday of Venerable Augustus Tolton—the nation's first openly Black Catholic priest.
New art exhibit in Baltimore features Black Catholic sculptor Wayman Scott IV
The temporary display, featuring various pieces related to Black activism, will run through late March at Baltimore Clayworks in Mount Washington.
Dr. Jaime Waters featured in new USCCB video series for Sunday of the Word of God
A Black Catholic scripture scholar from Boston College is one of several academics included in a new offering sponsored by the American Bible Society.
'Black basilica' in Norfolk, Va. receives $150k preservation grant
The funds will help the predominantly African-American Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception hire staff to maintain recently completed repairs.
Xavier University of Louisiana taps Ochsner Health for joint medical school
The nation's Catholic HBCU is moving forward with plans for a medical school, which will be a partnership with a major local nonprofit health system.
Keenan Anderson and King's 'Other America'
Efran Menny reflects on the tragedy of Keenan Anderson's death at the hands of LA police in early January.
Celestina Cordero, the Black Catholic 'Maestra' of education in Puerto Rico
The mother of public education in Puerto Rico was a Black Catholic born in the late 18th century. She died on this day in 1862.
St. Benedict the Moor in Manhattan sold to Taiwanese billionaire
The first Black Catholic parish north of the Mason-Dixon line has been sold by the Archdiocese of New York.
The saintly Black Catholics who paved the way for MLK
Ralph Moore Jr. touts the legacies of African American Catholics on the path to sainthood, and how several of them paved the way for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I believe Fr Martin Maria de Porres Ward, OFM Conv. should be a saint. Here's why.
A Brazilian former seminarian who studied under an African-American priest now considered for canonization explains why he thinks his former mentor is worthy of the altars.
Ex-La. state legislator Karen Carter Peterson sentenced to 22 months for fraud
A former mainstay of Louisiana state politics has been sentenced in federal court after more than three years of controversy.
Sr M. Daniel Cooper, SSF of New Orleans dead at 94
A veteran member of the Sisters of the Holy Family has passed away in New Orleans after 75 years of religious life.
Appeal filed on closure of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Philadelphia
The City of Brotherly Love could soon lose one of its most historic churches—but parishioners and allies are pushing back.
Environmental and infrastructural racism is a human rights issues
Efran Menny explicates the need for governmental (and communal) solidarity in the realm of public works.