Reparations, reconciliation, and restoration: Will the new social justice pope address the cries of Black Catholics?
Tamika Royes on the enduring call for a pontiff who will finally move in the name of justice and recompense for African-Americans.
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Where are all the Good Samaritans? On service, suffering, and saintliness.
Dr. Ronald E. Smith on the perseverance of the nation's first openly Black Catholic priest and the inspiration he gives to live a life of service.
Black spirituality is what the world needs now.
Darryl Grigsby on the current moment of sociopolitical struggle and the Black Church tradition that provides tools for overcoming.
Supporting Israel shouldn't mean disregarding Palestinian suffering.
Douglas M. Stringer on the imbalances of the Gaza War and the growing human toll of whitewashing annihilation.
Faith without deeds is dead: On the failure to stop the One Big (not so) Beautiful Bill
Dr. Ronald Smith explains how we could have stopped historically harmful legislation, and how the Catholic Church failed to use its voice.
As Catholics, we can't afford to not know our faith.
Dr. Ronald Smith on the blessings of Church teachings and the tragedy that we too often aren't interested in them.
Unity Explosion 2025 and the future of the Black Catholic family
Efran Menny reflects on his experience as a participant at Unity Explosion 2025, a Black Catholic ministry conference this summer in Texas.
Playing God with Black lives: The preventable tragedy of Adriana Smith
Alessandra Harris connects the artificial vivification of a pregnant woman to the history of U.S. medical experimentation and the teachings of the Catholic Church.
'Faith can be the current': Aaron Z. Lewis and the intersection of God, earth, and tech
The young Black Catholic entrepreneur has helped create a revolution of space in Northwest D.C., and is promoting pilgrimage with the help of AI.
Charles Rangel, trailblazing Black congressional voice, dead at 94
The Harlem activist was the first Black chair of the House Ways and Means Committee before an unceremonious exit after facing ethics charges.
A Louisiana Black Catholic considers Pope Leo XIV
Dr. Darrell St. Romain on the history that has led the Catholic Church to its first American pope, a Creole with a complex family background.
The rich man's last dance: How to respond to Trump's faux conservatism with solidarity
Dr. Ronald E. Smith on how he envisions government that balances compassion and the rule of law—a concept seemingly alien to the current administration.
Surviving Catholic clerical sex abuse is not new, and it's not White.
Christopher Gurley on the stories of Black Catholic survivors—a demographic often forgotten in the push to address the Church's living scourge.
Why this Black Catholic thinks Bishop Robert Barron was wrong to defend President Trump
Daryl Grigsby on the contradictions of a talkative American prelate who doesn't have much to say on the divisive Republican in the White House.
Interview: Cheyenne Johnson, who will make 3,000-mile trek on 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
The Black Catholic campus minister chats with Nate Tinner-Williams on her excitement for the journey and hunger to walk with Christ in a new way.
Pope Francis, Latin American pontiff of the poor, dead at 88
The globe-trotting Argentinian prelate was a force in the Catholic Church, to which he dedicated seven decades as a student, shepherd, and servant.