Black Catholic Messenger

Linda Lysakowski recounts a recent trip to the birthplace of and commemorative sites honoring the nation's first openly Black Catholic priest.

Daryl Grigsby on the burning need for ordained female ministry to honor Christian tradition and enliven a stagnant, monolithic permanent diaconate.

NABCA president Fr. Reginald Norman says the tragic shooting has led to threats against free speech—especially that of African Americans.

Charlie Kirk didn't deserve to be shot, but we shouldn't make him into a martyr or an example of Christian compassion and discourse. But that's what Bishop Robert Barron has tried to do, writes Tulio Huggins.

After conservative backlash, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has pulled from the internet an essay by an African-American bishop on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Bishop Robert Barron praised the late Charlie Kirk after Kirk's shooting death Sept. 10. Barron spoke glowingly of the controversial activist despite Kirk's various political positions that conflict with Catholic teaching.

An October event in Maryland will help cement her remembrance in Maryland medicine—and begin a new chapter of family advocacy.

The annual commemorative Mass in honor of Fr. James E. Coyle will take place in Birmingham, where he was murdered by a Klansman in 1921.

 "In a perfect world," writes Daryl Grigsby, "I would hope that the hierarchy shows us the way forward, but we cannot wait."

Christopher S. Gurley gives his take on Vincent Dixie, a Democrat seeking a seat gerrymandered to bolster Republican power in the "Volunteer State."

The Catholic legislator broke barriers with his fierce advocacy and legislative skills, and was a cofounder of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Félix Cepeda on his experience of the cultural interplay present in the heart and faith of Black Manhattan.

Victor Mooney's latest advocacy trek included Catholic shrines and former concentration camps in Poland before a surprise invitation to the Vatican.

Douglas Stringer lifts up the clarion call of justice as two monumental days of solemn observance coincide with solicitous effect.

The Washington School for Girls' 8th-grade trip was a unique experience for students exploring London and Felixstowe this spring before graduation.

The Ugandan-born priest, who immigrated in 2007, has administered the diocese since Bishop Mario Dorsonville died in 2024.

The Trappists monks at Mepkin Abbey planned the new Meditation Garden of Truth and Reconciliation after discovering unmarked graves believed to belong to enslaved African Americans.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are forming of the new supreme pontiff.

Louisiana Creole expert Jari Honora shared his genealogical research on 69-year-old Chicago native Robert Prevost shortly after white smoke rose in St. Peter's Square.

The Philadelphia-area Catholic school has faced financial challenges for more than a decade and emerged from an accreditation crisis in 2023.