Spanish-language doc on Oblate Sisters of Providence screening in Cuba
The 2021 documentary from Gloria Rolando covers the work of the African-American nuns in the Caribbean during the early-to-mid 20th century.
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Harry Belafonte, entertainer and activist, dead at 96
The famed singer and actor, whose financial support helped sustain the Civil Rights Movement, succumbed to heart failure in New York.
Vatican repudiates 'Doctrine of Discovery,' but forgets enslaved Africans
The Catholic hierarchy has marked an official stance against the colonization and subjugation of Indigenous persons.
The global Black community must unite. The Catholic Church can help.
Efran Menny describes a vision of Pan-Africanism infused with the ancient faith.
St. Josephine Bakhita cathedral image to honor abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico
Archbishop Roberto Gonzales Nieves, OFM of San Juan has announced a date for the installation of an icon of St. Josephine Bakhita in the Cathedral Basilica of San Juan Bautista, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico. In a post on Twitter Wednesday night, the
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.
2023 Grammy nominations include diverse crop of Black Catholics
Next year's Grammy Awards have the potential to make history for at least one Catholic-raised African American, and various others are also up for recognition.
Reflection: Remembering St. Anthony's Mission House, a 1920s integrated U.S. Catholic seminary
The first integrated Catholic seminary in 20th-century America is not well known, but that's what Black Catholic History Month is for. Read on.
Review: 'Afro-Atlantic Catholics' is the Black history of the Americas, remixed
A new book on Black Catholics in the Americas traces Church history in colonial West Africa through the slave trade and its peculiar influence on African-American Christianity.
Explainer: Three Vatican consistories and 21 new cardinals
The pope's surprise summer consistories are beginning this weekend in Rome. Briana Huddleston dives into the most striking storylines.
Fr Victor Laroche, OP celebrates first Mass as new XULA chaplain
A Haitian-American Dominican priest is the new chaplain at the nation's Catholic HBCU, and celebrated his first Orientation Mass earlier this month.
Trinidadian religious sister professing first vows in Wis. Sunday
One of the few Black religious sisters in formation stateside will make her first profession on Sunday with a Dominican order founded in 1847.
Pew study on Black Catholics reveals disaffiliation, vibrancy
Pew has released a deep dive into a sub-section of its 2021 study on Black faith, and the results reveal troubling trends alongside notes of growth.
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.
Remembering Fr Martin Carter, SA
Donna Leslie offers a longform tribute to the life and legacy of an eminent Black Catholic priest, recently deceased at the age of 91.
Reflection: Sidney Poitier and the right to be respected
Zuri Davis exposits the anti-racist work and legacy of the first Black man to win acting's highest honor, who died last week at the age of 94.