Immaculate Heart of Mary will be latest Black Catholic church to close in Louisville
The announcement came in late November for the 72-year-old African-American parish, which has seen controversy and decline in recent years.
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Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, named historic landmark
The brick home near Chicago's South Side has been a site of intrigue since the conclave and will soon be a publicly accessible historic site.
Xavier University of Louisiana receives $38 million gift from MacKenzie Scott
The major gift surpasses her $20 million donation in 2020 as the largest private gift in the history of the nation's Catholic HBCU.
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.
Two more Black-serving Catholic schools closed in New York Archdiocese
Historic St. Mark the Evangelist, the first Black Catholic school in Harlem, was closed this month alongside Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary in East Harlem.
We need the Catholic Church to speak on artificial intelligence.
Efran Menny on the dangers of the new technological age and how the pope and others can resist the urge of dehumanization by another name.
Historic Brooklyn Catholic parish serving Black diaspora to close this year
St. Teresa of Avila Church was reportedly the first in America to welcome Haitian refugees—and to offer the Mass in Haitian Creole.
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.
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.
Federal trial in Jackson, Miss., government corruption scandal set for July 2026
Hinds County DA Jody Owens II, a Black Catholic, is among three officials denying charges stemming from an FBI sting operation in 2023.
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.
Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington to be removed amid GOP power struggle
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the move this month following threats of funding cuts from a prominent House Republican.
'Reign of terror': Black Catholic congressman responds to Trump's Congress address
Rep. Adriano Espaillat railed against the president's anti-immigrant moves, tax cuts, and divisive rhetoric during his first six weeks in office.
Historic Black Catholic parish in St. Louis gets $500k restoration grant
St. Alphonsus "Rock" Church has long sought to restore its stained-glass windows, which date back to the 1904 World's Fair and have since degraded.