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For the month of the Sacred Heart and of Pride, two priests spoke of LGBTQ people in a podcast episode apparently borne from theology without dialogue.
Tulio Huggins responds, writing that Queer identity and the Catholic Church are not mutually exclusive. www.blackcatholicmes...
"We're ultimately not meant to reflect on what makes for right or wrong in 'Tuner,' or even what makes [sense]. After all, we're asked to believe that Niki could easily get away with opening safes across the Big Apple’s upper crust without so much as an O J Simpson glove to cover his [fingerprints]"
Black Catholic Messenger
Black Catholic Messenger
St. Augustine's in New Orleans is once again "home", nearly five years after Hurricane Ida left them worshiping in their church hall and seeking major repairs.
Corpus Christi Sunday marked a new era in the history of one of the nation's oldest Black Catholic parishes. www.blackcatholicmes...
Clarence B. Jones, who helped write Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, has died at 95 after a lengthy career in law, media, finance, and education.
The Catholic-raised Black activist received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden in 2024.
Pro-lifers have long struggled to connect with the Black community, not least because of a conservative tendency to reduce African Americans to negative statistics.
Briana Jansky writes that the Civil Rights Movement in particular has much to teach modern conservatives. www.blackcatholicmes...
"Tuner" is a music film masquerading as a caper, and there are enough strong performances to make up for characters who can sometimes leave you scratching your head.
@natemup.com reviews, saying it's a perfectly fine "shut up a listen" sort of comfort flick. www.blackcatholicmes...
"Tuner" is a music film masquerading as a caper, and there are enough strong performances to make up for characters who can sometimes leave you scratching your head.
@natemup.com reviews, saying it's a perfectly fine "shut up a listen" sort of comfort flick. www.blackcatholicmes...
A new prayer service from the US Catholic bishops for the nation's 250th anniversary is said to honor immigrants and the enslaved as integral to the American story.
@natemup.com laments that it in fact treats African Americans as an add-on, reducing them to an afterthought. www.blackcatholicmes...
Nate Tinner-Williams
The Catholic-raised attorney, aide, and academic received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024 for his work in the Civil Rights Movement.
A historic African-American Catholic parish once home to Homer Plessy, A. P. Tureaud, and Venerable Henriette DeLille has returned to in-church worship after successful fundraising and repair efforts to address catastrophic roof and wall damage.
Black Catholic Messenger
Black Catholic Messenger
Black Catholic Messenger
Black Catholic Messenger
Black Catholic Messenger
Black Catholic Messenger
Nate Tinner-Williams
St. Augustine's in New Orleans is once again "home", nearly five years after Hurricane Ida left them worshiping in their church hall and seeking major repairs.
Corpus Christi Sunday marked a new era in the history of one of the nation's oldest Black Catholic parishes. www.blackcatholicmes...
The pioneering African-American polymath also co-authored MLK's "Beyond Vietnam" speech and became the first Black allied member of the New York Stock Exchange before entering academics in his later years.
Black Catholic Messenger
Nate Tinner-Williams
Clarence B. Jones, who helped write Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, has died at 95 after a lengthy career in law, media, finance, and education.
The Catholic-raised Black activist received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden in 2024.
