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Rita Hollie, Rashonda Alexander and Dr. Kelly Schmidt present at the inaugural Catholic Religious Organizations Studying Slavery (CROSS) Conference in St. Louis Oct. 31. (Black Catholic Messenger/Nate Tinner-Williams)

'This is a journey': Catholic archivists talk slavery at inaugural conference

Catholic Religious Organizations Studying Slavery (CROSS) met in St. Louis recently for two days of presentations, prayer and possibilities at the intersection of Catholic archives and the nation's original sin.

Jon Batiste performs at the State Dinner in honor of President Emmanuel Macron of France and Brigitte Macron on Dec. 1, 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo/Cameron Smith)

'American Symphony' doc triumphs showing Jon Batiste at his realest

A new film from Matthew Heineman centers a Black Catholic musician and his complexities as he navigates fame and family at an artistic apex.

The hand of a Black person writes a bar of music in chalk on a blackboard (Dreamstime/Africa Rising Agency)

Black Catholics have made their mark in the history of American music

A fun ride through music history, featuring the ethnoreligious community that seems to have made it all possible. In the history of American music, the Black Catholic influence is, quite simply, off the charts.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate and a Catholic, delivers remarks at the annual Christians United for Israel Summit, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., July 17. (OSV News/Reuters/Kevin Wurm)

Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary condemn new Florida Black history standards, governor's comments

The nation's largest Black Catholic organization honed in on Gov. Ron Desantis' defense of new public ed standards that characterize slavery as beneficial.

Demonstrators protest outside of the Supreme Court in Washington June 29, after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, saying race cannot be a factor. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Black Catholics react to Supreme Court affirmative action decision

The 6-3 decision said that the practice violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

A statue of Baltimore Archbishop John Carroll — founder of Georgetown University — is seen on the Jesuit-run school's Washington campus March 3, 2022. (CNS/Chaz Muth)

Georgetown Reconciliation Fund announces first grant recipients

The payouts are intended to support programs benefiting descendants of those enslaved by U.S. Jesuits in the years before Emancipation.

Percy "Master P" Miller dedicates the performance of the song "You Are Not Alone" to his late daughter Tytyana Miller on April 28 in New Orleans, during a benefit concert for the You Are Not Alone Foundation, a nonprofit he founded to honor her. (NCR screenshot/YouTube/No Limit Forever)

'Turning our pain into purpose': Master P hosts concert for mental health awareness

The April 28 birthday event in New Orleans for the rap mogul Master P, a Black Catholic, honored his daughter Tytyana Miller, who died in 2022 from an accidental fentanyl overdose.

Harry Belafonte at the Vienna International Film Festival in 2011. (Wikimedia Commons/Manfred Werner-Tsui)

Harry Belafonte, entertainer and activist, dead at 96

The famed singer and actor, whose financial support helped sustain the Civil Rights Movement, succumbed to heart failure in New York.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California, accompanied by from left, Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-California, Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, speaks to members of the media following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on April 25. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Catholic lawmaker 'deeply troubled' by reports of Biden reinstatement of migrant family detention

U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York, the nation's lone Black Catholic member of Congress, has spoken out about reports that President Joe Biden may soon reinstate Trump-era family detention policies.

RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man who was killed during a traffic stop by Memphis police officers, speaks during a news conference at Mt. Olive Cathedral CME Church in Memphis, Tennessee, Jan. 27. (OSV News/Reuters/Alyssa Pointer)

Tyre Nichols' mom, Mary and other Mothers of the Movement

Efran Menny connects the recent tragedy in Memphis to the suffering Mother of God, seen in the mothers of Black men murdered in an unjust America.

Kirk Whalum appears in the documentary "Humanité, the Beloved Community." (NCR screenshot/YouTube)

Kirk Whalum on Catholic conversion, gospel jazz, and finding identity in God

Kirk Whalum, a multi-Grammy Award-nominated saxophonist and composer, sat down with Black Catholic Messenger to discuss his faith journey, his musical inspirations, and his relationship with a certain African-American saint-to-be who also happens to be his kin.

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes (Courtesy of Mount Mary University)

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, pioneer of Black Catholic womanist ethics, dies

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, the nation's only Black Catholic female bioethicist, has died at the age of 61 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

 

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