The persistent instability of our times is cause to consider a new kind of resistance, as noted by womanist author Tricia Hersey.
Daryl Grigsby writes that a recent webinar highlighting her work gave him fresh inspiration for Black Catholic witness. www.blackcatholicmes...
The White House is again denying that the January meeting at the Pentagon between the Vatican ambassador to the U.S. and the Department of Defense was a tense or threatening affair.
They claim the nuncio, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, is calling it a "normal encounter".
My question: What would give even the slightest doubt that a Trump official, no less a Pentagonian, said what is being reported?
Fr David Andrew Fisher, a veteran Black academic serving in the Maronite Church, has died at 67 after more than four decades of priestly ministry.
The Columbus, Ohio, native attended seminary in Rome and transferred to Eastern Catholicism in the 1990s. www.blackcatholicmes...
Last year, a college cheerleader gave birth to a baby boy after hiding her pregnancy, and was charged with manslaughter after he was discovered dead in a trash can.
Robert Alan Glover writes that Catholics should not forget a precious life lost too soon. www.blackcatholicmes...
Fr William Cross, the first pastor and second Black priest in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, has died at 79.
The longtime educator at Purcell Marian High School was a Catholic convert, retired in 2012, and celebrated 50 years as a priest in 2024. www.blackcatholicmes...
A recent pilgrimage to DC prompted reflections on the Black freedom struggle, and how the continued fight in America aligns with the empowered Jesus who raises resistant Black fists on the Cross.
Tulio Huggins reflects on his capital experience. www.blackcatholicmes...
Holy Family Cristo Rey High School in Birmingham, Alabama, will hold its annual gala this month to raise money for the mission of faith-filled education.
The historic Black Catholic school serves roughly 200 students and operates on an innovative work-study model. www.blackcatholicmes...
Pope Leo is going full TWAIL and I am here for it.
The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will see young adult Catholics trek from Florida to Philly on a whirlwind Eucharistic journey bringing Jesus to the masses.
Two Black Catholic pilgrims spoke with BCM about the "once in a lifetime" experience. www.blackcatholicmes...
Pope Leo on Palm Sunday: “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood’ (Is 1:15).”
"I celebrate his birthday
But I resonate with the death day more
because 3 days later he evened the score.
Never have to be afraid no more
Death, sin, shit, it could get out of my life forever
Because im going to be with the king"
Poem: "Salvation -" www.blackcatholicmes...
After being denied entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher by Israeli police earlier today, in powerful moment, Cardinal Pizzaballa blessed the city of Jerusalem with a relic of the Holy Cross; the brief service took place at the foot of the Mount of Olives.
Martin University, cofounded by the Black Catholic Benedictine priest Boniface Hardin, is officially up for sale in Indianapolis at $3.5M.
The predominantly Black institution closed abruptly in December after years of financial turmoil and low enrollment. www.blackcatholicmes...
"I ask because all the ones who protect this illness from total immunity can't keep your name off their lips.
Christian values this and law and order that,
But don't you come around here reminding us or yourself that you Black."
(Theophilus Adoknyplan)
www.blackcatholicmes...
"One Battle After Another" dominated the Oscars with its story of conflicted identity and leftist politics, brought to the silver screen with gusto.
Simoa Barros cautions, however, against misreading its characters and letting the director off the hook. www.blackcatholicmes...
Dr. Shawna Cooper Whitehead has been named the next president of Regis University, becoming the first Black person and first woman to lead the 149-year-old Jesuit institution in Denver.
The Black Catholic administrator will succeed Dr. Salvador D. Aceves. www.blackcatholicmes...
Fr William "Bill" Norvel, a Josephite and the first African-American male superior general, is dead at 90 after some seven decades in religious life.
The Mississippi native pioneered in establishing parish gospel choirs during the Black Catholic Movement. www.blackcatholicmes...
"He felt a call to the priesthood at a young age, but was rebuffed by his local diocese due to his race—being told there was “no place in the Church” for Black priests, as were most African-American Catholics of his era who sought to enter seminary."
Catholics from Lexington visited Jamaica in January for a mission trip to Mustard Seed Communities, which has served the different abled for nearly 50 years.
A priest on the trip spoke with BCM about the journey, which included hurricane recovery efforts. www.blackcatholicmes...
"[Many residents] were put at risk by another storm's fury just months earlier, Hurricane Melissa. Founded in 1978 by Msgr Gregory Ramkissoon in Mona, near Kingston, MSC has become a primary place of care for the most vulnerable—in particular, abandoned children with disabilities.
Outliving a $7.5M attack from the Israel and crypto lobbies, Illinois State Rep. La Shawn Ford has won a crowded Democratic primary to succeed US Rep. Danny Davis.
The 54-y.o. Black Catholic is the favorite in the general election against the GOP nominee. www.blackcatholicmes...
Lenten revival series beginning tonight at St. Augustine of Hippo Catholic Church in East St. Louis, Illinois. A Redemptorist, St. Louis' own Fr Maurice Nutt, bringing the word.
Livestream: fb.watch/FUl-prNsYG/
Autumn Durald Arkapaw is the first woman to take Best Cinematography at the Oscars, winning for her work on the blockbuster hit "Sinners," which won four awards.
The Catholic-raised, Black Creole Filipina touted female kinship in her acceptance speech. www.blackcatholicmes...
"I wonder if God feels alone
Cause we know he feels anger
And we know Heaven is his home.
So if he feels anger, then can he feel wronged?
He could also feel like a vacuum and as if something is gone."
Poem: Alone and lost in Him www.blackcatholicmes...
“Morgiane” has room to grow, as the performances so far were not fully staged. OC's Aria Mason has already begun researching how a full production would look. www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/podcast-disc...
"Morgiane"—a long-lost opera from Black Catholic composer Edmond Dédé—made headlines when performed for the first time, courtesy of OperaCréole.
OC cofounders, mother-daughter pair Givonna Joseph and Aria Mason, join the BCM podcast to discuss their work. www.blackcatholicmes...
The new film "Moses the Black" connects the experience of Black gang life to the ancient Egyptian Christian saint who turned from robbery to the monastery.
Samantha Smith reviews director Yelena Popovic's latest, calling it an exposition of repentance. www.blackcatholicmes...
