James Keenan, S.J., one of the most important Catholic scholars of theological ethics in the United States, traces the revered history of moral theology from the New Testament to the present in A ...

The history of Black Catholics and other marginalized people in the U.S. church covering more than two centuries is one worth knowing and can guide the church's response to the challenges of racism ...

Catholicism’s origins in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey were shaped by migration, missionary efforts and political ...

A Catholic educator from Texas says teaching students about Black Catholic saints and other holy men and women of color “gives not only representation, but new role models for all of our students.” ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year ...

Historian Shannen Dee Williams' comprehensive and compelling history of America's Black nuns, “Subversive Habits,” will be published May 17. Sister Delphine Okoro, a nun with the Oblate Sisters of ...

February is Black History Month and marks the annual observance in the U.S. to honor the history and contributions of Black Americans to our country's cultural, social and political spheres. It is a ...

Trappist-Cistercian monks from the Abbey of Our Lady of New Clairvaux walk the vineyards on the abbey’s property in Vina, Calif. (Photo courtesy of New Clairvaux Vineyard) I cannot prove it, but I ...