In this time of moral crisis, where are the shepherds?
Dr. Ronald E. Smith on the need for activism from religious leaders amid the current sociopolitical moment—and the consequences of inaction.
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United States invades Venezuela, Black Catholics react
President Donald Trump ordered the airstrikes and the abduction of embattled President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, following months of buildup.
Black Americans need solidarity from the Catholic Church in 2026—or else.
Efran Menny on the void of witness for anti-racist justice from Catholic leaders in 2025, and how they can chart a new path in a new year.
20 years later, Kevin Willmott's 'CSA' still speaks—and warns of a darker America.
Matt Memrick interviews the veteran filmmaker and Black Catholic whose acclaimed mockumentary cut to the heart of America's Confederate past.
Why a Denver priest was wrong to treat Black Catholic hymnals like garbage
Dr. M. Roger Holland II on the racist errors that caused a significantly Black parish in Colorado to lose a hallmark of African-American liturgy.
White Christians' fear of Black people is dangerous. A notable Catholic fueled the hysteria.
Alessandra Harris on the persistent racist ideas about African-American crime and how a famous professor's crusade helped enhance the hate.
Dominican-born priest Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez named Bishop of Palm Beach
The 51-year-old, quadrilingual Latino priest has served in the Diocese of Brooklyn since 2009 and is notably outspoken on various social issues.
U.S. Catholic leaders are succumbing to White Christian nationalism. What is the solution?
Efran Menny on the increasingly fraught experience of American Catholicism as it leans into White supremacy in an era of unchecked racial rage.
This holiday season, we must resist Trump's world and live in love.
Dorothy Dempsey on the moral ills of the second Trump presidency and the conundrum of an America that seems to worship him despite it all.
Date set for Texas special election runoff featuring Black Catholic congressional hopeful
Former Houston city councilwoman Amanda Edwards faces Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee in a January faceoff after several GOP-led delays.
Despite immigration defense, U.S. Catholic bishops falter on clarity at 2025 fall assembly
Nate Tinner-Williams on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting and the U.S. episcopacy's troubled sociopolitical moment.
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City elected president of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Considered a moderate voice, the 70-year-old prelate has been noted for opposition to abortion, racism, gender ideology, and the death penalty.
Black Catholic activist launches Senate campaign to unseat Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
63-year-old Catherine Fleming Bruce is challenging GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, honing in on affordability and the policies of President Trump.
Black Catholics, synodality, and the power of the common good
Daryl Grigsby on the enduring call for a listening—and working—Church, echoing from the final document out of the most recent Synod of Bishops.
SNAP food assistance program to lapse for first time ever, Catholic leaders respond
As the federal shutdown enters its fifth week, roughly 42 million Americans could soon be without grocery funds from a government at a standstill.
George Santos' seven-year fraud sentence commuted by President Trump
The former congressman from New York was expelled from the House of Representatives in 2023 and sentenced to federal prison in April.