Catholic universities, including one seminary, adding anti-racism to course list
Catholic universities stepping up to the plate with new anti-racism course offerings and initiatives—but is it enough?
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Black Catholic Round-up, Book edition (12/2/2020)
The latest and greatest in literature covering Black Catholics—including upcoming works in 2021.
Menny podcasts: how one Black Catholic is highlighting the faith
Black Catholic Efran Menny explains his podcasting ministry, which originally flowed from his blog a general commitment to the New Evangelization.
EXCLUSIVE: Knights of Peter Claver planning first council in Orange County, California
The largest Black Catholic organization in the country is seeking members for its first-ever council in America's sixth-largest county.
Black Catholic Boulevards: Confederate memorials give way in the Crescent City
A slew of streets and monuments in New Orleans are up for renaming. As could be expected, Black Catholics feature prominently in the new choices.
Robinson-Morris announces departure from XULA
Founding director of XULA's pioneering social justice hub departing at the end of the Fall semester.
New book from the Vatican renews hope for an African-American rite
The Vatican's upcoming book on liturgy may pave the way for a new discussion on an African-American Catholic rite.
Black Catholic Round-up (12/1/2020)
The latest edition of the Black Catholic Round-up, a compilation of the best in Black Catholic media from around the web.
'Beloved Community': the Civilization of Love in Lewis, King, and Rome
Podcaster and civic leader Louis Damani Jones reflects on the intersection of the Civil Rights Movement and Pope Sts Paul VI and John Paul II.
USCCB's Catholic News Service establishes 'The Griot's Cross', new Black Catholic history column from Dr. Shannen Dee Williams
America's Catholic bishops, via their news arm, establish a new monthly column covering Black Catholic history.
Remembering Helen Caldwell Riley Day
On the feast day of Dorothy Day, we remember the Black Catholic Workers upon whose shoulders we stand.
Remembering Fathers Dukette and Dorsey
As we honor a new triumph in Black Catholicism, we must also remember the struggles that made it possible. Featuring the 2nd Black priest ordained the US and the 1st ordained in Detroit.
Leaders react to the elevation of the first African-American cardinal
Figures from around the world react to Pope Francis' appointment of the Catholic Church's first-ever African-American cardinal, Wilton Daniel Gregory.
Installation Mass of Wilton Cardinal Gregory, Nov 28th at 9am CST (stream)
Watch the installation of the first-ever African-American cardinal, Wilton Daniel Gregory.
Black Catholic History Month mashup
Three largely forgotten Black Catholics are on display: victims of racism, erasure, the allure of non-Blackness, and—of course—the times.
'Our churches have not been the cause of any outbreaks': Diocese of Brooklyn, a Black Catholic haven, triumphs in the Supreme Court
The newly conservative Supreme Court rules to uburden houses of worship in the most Black Catholic diocese in America.