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.
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Ahead of Senate vote, Black Catholic bishop joins interfaith letter opposing Republicans' Big Beautiful Bill
Bishop Roy Campbell of Washington joined in opposing the budget reconciliation for its positions against migrants, welfare, and the environment.
DOGE's deadly cuts deserve a response from Black Catholics
Douglas Stringer on how the budget reorganizations in Washington tell a sordid tale of self-interest and must be met with principled resistance.
Sr Thea Bowman Montessori School opening in Memphis this summer
The new project, named for a famed Black nun and saint-to-be, comes after years of Catholic school closures in the nation's largest Black city.
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.
I worked for Catholic Charities—which needs our support now more than ever.
Joseph Peach on his experience with the embattled Catholic nonprofit and its mission to serve the least of these.
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.
'God is present among the poor': Society of St. Vincent de Paul opens advocacy office in Washington
The new hub on Capitol Hill will serve the Catholic poverty relief organization's lobbying work to the nation's federal legislators.
Majority-minority Rosemont College to merge with Villanova University
The Philadelphia-area Catholic school has faced financial concerns for more than a decade and emerged from an accreditation crisis in 2023.
Minority-serving Catholic school in Albany Diocese to close
All Saints Catholic Academy will close at the end of the current school year, and Blessed Sacrament School will lose grades six through eight.
Why the pronatalism of JD Vance falls flat on these Catholic ears.
Efran Menny dissects a pernicious strain of political thought that demands a higher birthrate alongside decimation of the social safety net.
Drexel Village affordable housing plan in Black Boston receives city approval
The project partners a Black-owned architecture firm, a Black Catholic parish, and the Archdiocese of Boston's Planning Office for Urban Affairs.
'Lives turned completely upside down': Haitian migrant advocate laments Trump orders
Guerline Jozef spoke with Briana Jansky on the White House actions targeting migrants—including Haitians—on both sides of the U.S. border.
The president has a sworn duty to protect the marginalized. It's downright Biblical.
Alexander Walton on the Biblical injunction for rulers and the temptations of greed and power at the highest echelons of society.
Podcast: Fr John McKenzie on modern urban Catholic evangelization (BCM show #14)
The African-American Catholic priest in Detroit shares on his life of faith as well as the triumphs and trials of inner-city outreach in the modern U.S. Church.
60 days later: Introspection is needed on White Catholic rejection of Kamala Harris
Ahead of Inauguration Day, Efran Menny offers food for thought on the bankruptcy of the Catholic moral vote and how to pick up the pieces.