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By Joyce Duriga | Editor, Chicago Catholic

Black History Month celebrates African Americans who have made an impact on the United States.

That includes Black women and men —  including one from the Archdiocese of Chicago — who lived among and served the people of God in America and are on the road to sainthood.

By Simone Orendain | Catholic Spirit

Former President Barack Obama said in a YouTube interview posted Feb. 14 he wants to meet Pope Leo XIV. Left-leaning political YouTuber and podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked who the former president most wanted to meet at the end of a wide-ranging Q&A that began with the topic of a controversial racist social media post that portrayed him and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, as apes.

by John Gonzalez | ABC7 News

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — In the heart of Northwest D.C., nestled on a quiet street, stands St. Augustine Catholic Church — a historic beacon of faith that has survived slavery, segregation, and decades of marginalization. This Black History Month, the church opens its doors to share a story of endurance, devotion, and the remarkable individuals known as the Saintly Seven, who are on the path to Catholic sainthood.

By Jacqueline Burkepile | ChurchPop

How will you obtain the many graces the Catholic Church offers during the Lenten season?

Lent is a 40-day penitential season of preparation for the celebration of Easter. During this sacred time, Catholics are called to deeper prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and repentance, with particular meditation on the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ.

The NBCC welcomes Vice Chair Lawsikia Hodges to the Black Catholic Commission for the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida. Read more in the recent article in Estebana Magazine.