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.
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Pope Leo XIV named to Vogue's 2025 'Best Dressed People' list
The 70-year-old pope is the first to be named to the prestigious fashion list, partly an ode to his return to certain papal vestment traditions.
New York assemblywoman Amanda Septimo joins race to unseat AIPAC-backed Rep. Ritchie Torres
The Afro-Latina Catholic is one of several Democrats challenging Torres in the 15th district, lately a hub for pro-Israel messaging from Torres.
'The New Yorker at 100' review: The Whitest man in town
Nate Tinner-Williams on a new film praising the darling magazine of American elites—which he says is a tone-deaf attempt to distill by deletion.
Abuse lawsuit against Haitian-American bishop Guy Sansaricq delayed by court filing
The Brooklyn Diocese withheld public notice of the 2019 allegation until his death in 2021, and only this week attorneys told the court he is deceased.
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.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to four years in prison over prostitution charges
The Catholic-raised rap mogul beat racketeering and trafficking charges earlier this year linked to decades of misconduct and physical assault.
Cardinal Dolan, can an unrepentant racist really be a saint?
Daryl Grigsby on the prominent Catholic prelate's likening of the late Charlie Kirk, an unabashed racist Republican, to St. Paul the Apostle.
Assata Shakur, famed Black revolutionary and erstwhile political prisoner, dead at 78
The African-American Catholic convert was convicted on trumped-up murder charges in 1977 following a N.J. shootout, before escaping prison to Cuba.
Can Catholics vote for Zohran Mamdani?
Félix Cepeda gives a justice-informed take on the surging socialist who may soon be headed to City Hall in the Big Apple.
Rucker Park, Harlem's hoops haven, designated a National Commemorative Site
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, one of the nation's Black Catholic congressmen, led efforts in Washington to honor the historic New York basketball mecca.
Podcast: Fr Samuel Davis and the Black witness in Eastern Orthodoxy
One of the Greek Orthodox Church's African-American priests joins Eric Styles and Nate Tinner-Williams to discuss evangelization and ecumenism.
'Highest 2 Lowest' review: Did this silly film just take me hostage?
Nate Tinner-Williams writes that the new Spike Lee film is unable to rise above a juvenile script—despite Denzel Washington's best efforts.
Black Catholic congressman 'incarcerated' while trying to enter immigrant detention facility in Brooklyn
Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat was briefly detained outside of MDC Brooklyn with two Democratic colleagues.
Catholic Harlem is a gift to (and from) the global Church.
Félix Cepeda on his experience of the cultural interplay present in the heart and faith of Black Manhattan.
Black Catholic meets Pope Leo XIV after 600-mile bike pilgrimage to combat antisemitism
Victor Mooney's latest advocacy trek included Catholic shrines and former concentration camps in Poland before a surprise invitation to the Vatican.