Clarence B. Jones, MLK speechwriter who helped pen 'I Have a Dream', dead at 95
The Catholic-raised attorney, aide, and academic received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024 for his work in the Civil Rights Movement.
New York
New York mayor endorses DSA-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat for Congress
The mayor made a joint appearance with his fellow Democratic Socialists of America member on MS NOW to announce his support of her campaign for New York’s 13th district.
On pilgrimage to Pierre: New York's holy hairdresser and the quiet revolution
Tulio Huggins reflects on a trip to the tomb of Venerable Pierre Toussaint, one of the nation's seven Black Catholics on the road to sainthood.
Brooklyn Diocese to enter mediation over child sex abuse cases
The diocese, one of the nation's most diverse, seeks to universally settle more than 1,100 cases—including one against a Black Catholic bishop.
Black Catholics sign onto congressional Democrats' call for immigration enforcement reform
Hispanic Caucus chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat and Rep. Gabe Amo joined a statement on how Catholic social teaching can help guide policy changes.
Wynton Marsalis to step down from Jazz at Lincoln Center
The widely celebrated trumpeter and composer helped popularize jazz as a standard American art form and has led JALC since its founding.
A guide to Manhattan for the new Archbishop of New York, Ronald Hicks
Félix Cepeda on how the incoming prelate of one of the nation's largest dioceses can experience culture and course-correct for the common good.
Carmen de Lavallade, pioneering Black dancer and choreographer, dead at 94
The Catholic-raised Creole was among the first Black prima ballerinas at the Metropolitan Opera and broke various barriers across her nearly seven-decade career.
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.
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.