'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.
Augustinians
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.
Majority-minority Rosemont College to merge with Villanova University
The Philadelphia-area Catholic school has faced financial concerns for more than a decade and emerged from an accreditation crisis in 2023.
Interview: Dr. Vincent W. Lloyd, on his new book 'Black Dignity'
A Black professor from Villanova has a new book out on Black philosophical underpinnings in the modern struggle for justice. Nate TInner-Williams interviews.