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Mugshots of Dr. Wendy and Eddie Osefo after their arrest in Maryland on fraud charges in October 2025. (Carroll County Sheriff's Office) A grand jury returned a 16-count indictment against the popular ...

A virtual event with Boston College on Tuesday, July 22, will celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene and the women who assisted in the earthly ministry of Jesus. The only African-American female ...

If AI takes our jobs, will it take our sense of purpose, too? This Catholic op-ed explores work, vocation and our ultimate ...

The National Black Catholic Men’s Conference will hold its annual gathering Oct. 15-18 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Greek Orthodox Deaconess Angelic Molen serves Communion to a parishioner in May 2024 at St. Nektarios Mission Parish in Harare, Zimbabwe. (St. Phoebe Center for the Deaconess) Last fall, I had the ...

President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, at an election night party in West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2024. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press) We seem to have reached a ...

My identity as a church musician was forged in the rich crucible of the Black Catholic aesthetic. Growing up during the 1990s and 2000s at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Baton Rouge, ...

There was a time when EWTN was a regular feature in my life. My grandmother prayed her nightly Rosary alongside the network’s nightly broadcast, which meant that the TV was hers from roughly 8 to 9pm ...

Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria (center left) flanked by fellow cardinals and bishops at the Funeral Mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Thursday morning in Rome. (Vatican Media) “It is with ...

A $5 million gift from former Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer will help restore Detroit’s historic St. Cecilia Catholic School and gymnasium into a long-planned youth center, local nonprofit ...

One of the proudest moments I have had as a Black Catholic parent is when my two boys received the sacrament of baptism. As a convert along with my wife, who entered the Church in 2020, transmitting ...