By Sheila Hodges | Black Catholic Messenger
The new podcast from Ascension Press is set to launch in 2027 with one of the nation’s most prominent young Black Catholic priests.
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Pope Leo calls for government action to protect children and workers from AI
By Thomas Reese | NCR Online
After using Catholic social teaching to examine digital technology in Chapter 3 of his encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV in Chapter 4 analyzes the impact of this technology on truth and democracy, children and education, workers and freedom.
Planned library at Holy Rosary Institute in Louisiana to be named for Dr. Norman Francis
By Nate Tinner-Williams | Black Catholic Messenger
The new plan is part of a wide-ranging effort to preserve the site of a historic Black Catholic school in Lafayette that closed in 1993.
Pope Leo XIV receives Liberty Medal, urges Americans to live founding values amid 250th anniversary
By Nate Tinner-Williams | Black Catholic Messenger
The Holy Father delivered a live address to the nation on Friday, while also releasing a public letter on July 4 in honor of Independence Day.
Black Catholic Messenger ushers in new era with young Black Catholic leader Sheila Hodges
The move, which will see Hodges become the second editor in BCM’s history, comes in tandem with the nonprofit’s 2026 summer fundraising campaign.