Avoidance amid the madness: When Catholic leaders refuse the prophetic call
Efran Menny on the incomplete witness of American Catholic prelates amid the moral crisis of unchecked government repression under President Trump.
Violence
'The law must be executed': On slave catchers, ICE, and the missing moral voice
Tulio Huggins connects recent anti-immigration activities to the larger history of racist policing in America—and to Catholics with cat-got tongues.
Shooter still at large in shooting at historic Dooky Chase's Restaurant in New Orleans
One man is dead and three women are injured after a Friday shooting that is believed to have been a targeted attack on the deceased victim.
Renée Good deserved better. So did Samuel DuBose.
Robert Alan Glover recounts a grisly police shooting that rocked Ohio 10 years before the killing of Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
United States invades Venezuela, Black Catholics react
President Donald Trump ordered the airstrikes and the abduction of embattled President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, following months of buildup.
Review: Faith, loss, and unity front and center in 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'
Samantha Smith reviews the new James Cameron flick with an eye for social themes and the quest for Na'vi freedom.
University of Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel under investigation following football fallout
The Black Catholic administrator has faced criticism for an alleged lack of institutional control, spotlighted by a new scandal this month.
The hidden history of Black Catholic martyrs in America
Nate Tinner-Williams explores a rarely discussed facet of American Catholic holiness, linking stories of sacrifice from across what is now the United States.
'Eden' review: Survival of the fittest, morally speaking
Nate Tinner-Williams says the new film indirectly gives cautionary lessons on the violent effects of abandoning humanity in search of utopia.
Black Catholics react to Minneapolis shooting that left two students dead at parish
Archbishop Shelton Fabre, chair of the U.S. bishops' domestic justice committee, called the attack "senseless" and requested prayers for the grieving.
'The Knife' review: Arresting, but also more than a bit absurd
Nate Tinner-Williams says the directorial debut from former NFL star Nnamdi Asomugha is compelling on the surface, but gives way to cartoonery.
Christ the King Church in Flint vandalized, incident under investigation
Several windows were broken at the 96-year-old Black Catholic parish in Michigan, and an attempt was made to set fire to the church's front doors.
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.
'Angel of Harmony' statue returns to St. Louis cathedral after Mo. vandalism incident
A more than four-month-long restoration brought the Afrocentric sculpture back to life in May after an attacker nearly destroyed it last fall.
Stray bullet hits new chapel at Loyola High School in Detroit
The Black Catholic all-boys school dedicated its St. Peter Claver Chapel five days before a shooting damaged a window at the new worship space.
Palestinian 'Christ in the Rubble' pastor launches book with Cori Bush, Rep. Rashida Tlaib in Washington
Rev. Munther Isaac's new book, inspired by his church's viral 2023 Nativity scene in the West Bank, was released in late March.