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Interview: Fr Chris Kellerman, SJ on his new book 'All Oppression Shall Cease', covering Catholic slavery and abolitionism

Interviews

Interview: Fr Chris Kellerman, SJ on his new book 'All Oppression Shall Cease', covering Catholic slavery and abolitionism

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 4, 2022

Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin

History

Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 1, 2022

Opinion: Saint Jim Crow?

Black saints

Opinion: Saint Jim Crow?

Ralph Moore wonders aloud: are the six African-American Catholic saints-in-waiting delayed due to the specter of American segregation?

, and Ralph Moore

December 6, 2022

Latest

Obituary

Emile Adams, oldest US Catholic deacon, dead at 100

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 8, 2022

Emile Adams, oldest US Catholic deacon, dead at 100

Opinion

Opinion: The Club Q shooting shows Catholics owe more to LGBTQ+ people

, and Ashley Paul

December 7, 2022

Opinion: The Club Q shooting shows Catholics owe more to LGBTQ+ people

LGBT

Catholic trans-affirmation statement gains African-American signatories

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 5, 2022

Catholic trans-affirmation statement gains African-American signatories

Reviews

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever': messy, but that's OK

, and Gunnar B. Gundersen

December 2, 2022

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever': messy, but that's OK

XULA

Xavier University of Louisiana launching NAIA soccer in 2023

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

November 25, 2022

Xavier University of Louisiana launching NAIA soccer in 2023

Events

Emile Adams, oldest US Catholic deacon, dead at 100

Obituary

Emile Adams, oldest US Catholic deacon, dead at 100

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 8, 2022

Dr. James E. Moore Jr., 'Taste and See' hymnwriter, to be remembered with Memorial Mass on Sunday in Cincinnati

Obituary

Dr. James E. Moore Jr., 'Taste and See' hymnwriter, to be remembered with Memorial Mass on Sunday in Cincinnati

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

November 20, 2022

Sharon Lavigne receives Green Ring Award from Al Gore and Climate Reality Project

Awards

Sharon Lavigne receives Green Ring Award from Al Gore and Climate Reality Project

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

November 1, 2022

Where to find a Black Catholic History Month event (2022 edition)

#BlackCatholicHistoryMonth

Where to find a Black Catholic History Month event (2022 edition)

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

October 31, 2022

Opinion

Opinion: The Club Q shooting shows Catholics owe more to LGBTQ+ people

Opinion

Opinion: The Club Q shooting shows Catholics owe more to LGBTQ+ people

, and Ashley Paul

December 7, 2022

Opinion: Saint Jim Crow?

Black saints

Opinion: Saint Jim Crow?

, and Ralph Moore

December 6, 2022

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever': messy, but that's OK

Reviews

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever': messy, but that's OK

, and Gunnar B. Gundersen

December 2, 2022

Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin

History

Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 1, 2022

Pope Francis

Opinion: Saint Jim Crow?

Black saints

Opinion: Saint Jim Crow?

, and Ralph Moore

December 6, 2022

Interview: Fr Chris Kellerman, SJ on his new book 'All Oppression Shall Cease', covering Catholic slavery and abolitionism

Interviews

Interview: Fr Chris Kellerman, SJ on his new book 'All Oppression Shall Cease', covering Catholic slavery and abolitionism

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 4, 2022

'They should resist and not walk away': Pope Francis exhorts African-American Catholic community in new interview

Pope Francis

'They should resist and not walk away': Pope Francis exhorts African-American Catholic community in new interview

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

November 29, 2022

Catholics should be prison abolitionists

Incarceration

Catholics should be prison abolitionists

, and Efran Menny

November 18, 2022

Longform

Interview: Fr Chris Kellerman, SJ on his new book 'All Oppression Shall Cease', covering Catholic slavery and abolitionism

Interviews

Interview: Fr Chris Kellerman, SJ on his new book 'All Oppression Shall Cease', covering Catholic slavery and abolitionism

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 4, 2022

Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin

History

Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 1, 2022

Reflection: How a Black Catholic nun and saint-to-be inspires this lay minister

Opinion

Reflection: How a Black Catholic nun and saint-to-be inspires this lay minister

, and Guest Writer

November 23, 2022

Catholics should be prison abolitionists

Incarceration

Catholics should be prison abolitionists

, and Efran Menny

November 18, 2022

Bishops

Opinion: The Club Q shooting shows Catholics owe more to LGBTQ+ people

Opinion

Opinion: The Club Q shooting shows Catholics owe more to LGBTQ+ people

, and Ashley Paul

December 7, 2022

Opinion: Saint Jim Crow?

Black saints

Opinion: Saint Jim Crow?

, and Ralph Moore

December 6, 2022

'They should resist and not walk away': Pope Francis exhorts African-American Catholic community in new interview

Pope Francis

'They should resist and not walk away': Pope Francis exhorts African-American Catholic community in new interview

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

November 29, 2022

Catholics should be prison abolitionists

Incarceration

Catholics should be prison abolitionists

, and Efran Menny

November 18, 2022

Young people

Opinion: The Club Q shooting shows Catholics owe more to LGBTQ+ people

Opinion

Opinion: The Club Q shooting shows Catholics owe more to LGBTQ+ people

, and Ashley Paul

December 7, 2022

Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin

History

Reflection: The life and afterlife of Claude Newman, Black death row inmate who saw the Blessed Virgin

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

December 1, 2022

Reflection: Blessed are the peacemakers in New Orleans

Opinion

Reflection: Blessed are the peacemakers in New Orleans

, and Ansel Augustine

November 28, 2022

Xavier University of Louisiana launching NAIA soccer in 2023

XULA

Xavier University of Louisiana launching NAIA soccer in 2023

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

November 25, 2022

Editors' Picks

Opinion: The sainthood process doesn’t work for US Blacks because they don’t see us

Black saints

Opinion: The sainthood process doesn’t work for US Blacks because they don’t see us

, and Ralph Moore

August 17, 2022

The Black Pope and slavery: silence amid the madness

Jesuits

The Black Pope and slavery: silence amid the madness

, and Nate Tinner-Williams

August 9, 2022

Opinion: The Catholic University of America has a racism problem.

Racism

Opinion: The Catholic University of America has a racism problem.

, and Alessandra Harris , and Gunnar B. Gundersen

April 3, 2022