'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.
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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.
Black Catholic books of note (2025 edition)
A sampling of new and upcoming texts written by Black Catholics in the past year.
Arrest made in fatal shooting of Wayne 'LOC' Shaw, brother of rap legend Too Short
The 61-year-old was killed at his business in Oakland, California, on Jan. 29 in what is believed to have been a robbery attempt gone wrong.
Review: 'I'm Still Here' brings government corruption home on the silver screen
Nate Tinner-Williams reviews the new film depicting a family interrupted by the machinations of a U.S.-backed military regime in 1970s Brazil.
New Orleans car attacker had Black Creole roots in Louisiana
Shamsud-din Jabbar descended from Louisiana African Americans and practiced Islam in his youth before being radicalized as an adult.
Black Beaumont native kills 14 in New Orleans car attack
The African-American perpetrator was radicalized in a form of Islamist extremism and had an ISIS flag on his rented vehicle.
Diddy hit with new sex abuse lawsuit, denied bail for third time
The Catholic-raised rapper-turned-mogul is behind bars on federal charges and awaits a May 2025 trial that could land him in prison for life.
Catholic with neo-Nazi ties sentenced to life in prison for murder of gay Jewish teen
The attorney for Samuel Woodward, who stabbed a former high school classmate at an Orange County, Calif., park in 2018, has said he will appeal.
'A black mark': Congolese cardinal on sainthood cause for Belgian king linked to colonialism, assassination
On King Baudouin, Cdl Fridolin Ambongo says Congolese bishops remain open, while noting an investigation will dig deeply into the royal's past.