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Newly expanded musical on Servant of God Thea Bowman to premiere in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS — A newly expanded musical sharing the life story of Servant of God Thea Bowman will premiere this week in Missouri, telling of the storied African-American Catholic nun who is now on the path to sainthood.

The play, titled “


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Who's the bishop of the internet, where opinions reign?

I find it fascinating that Pope Leo XIV—the head of the Catholic Church, the Vicar of Christ, the Servant of the Servants of God—has a Wordle account,


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Catholic discernment while Black: When the call comes through dismay
“We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; perplexed but not driven to despair.”
(2 Corinthians 4:8)

There is a kind of dismay that does not announce itself loudly. It does not reject God. It does not storm out of the Church. It remains present. It attends Mass. It prays when it can. It believes, at least in principle. But somewhere b...


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The U.S. and Israel bomb Iran, Black Catholic lawmakers react

Saturday morning’s joint airstrikes by the United States and Israel on key outposts and civilian areas in Iran have ignited retaliatory strikes spanning the Middle East, drawing strong reactions from American politicians and religious leaders alike.

The bombings—part of a


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The fetters and the font: How slavery complicates Black history at Belmont Abbey College

In the narthex of the Belmont Abbey Basilica in North Carolina, at the Benedictine monastery of the same name, sits a stone that holds the water of divine grace and purports to have borne the weight of human commerce. For decades, this reported former slave auction block—now a baptismal font—stood as a quiet symbol of Catholic redemption.

In February 2022, however, a so...


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