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By Richard Szczepanowski | Catholic Standard

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, archbishop of Washington, will celebrate a Nov. 15 Mass at 4:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bowie, Maryland to commemorate Black Catholic History Month.

The Mass, which will be concelebrated by Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr., is the culmination of an afternoon-long program titled “On Holy Ground: Pilgrimage of Remembrance.”

By Tierra Stone
Special to the Catholic Review

The cafeteria buzzed with conversation Sept. 19. Parents, teachers and residents gathered around tables decorated in blue and white, digging into fried catfish, potato salad and cornbread while jazz and R&B played in the background.

The matching funds will support the historic Black parish’s capital campaign, with the end goal of an onsite African-American Heritage Center

By Nate Tinner-Williams | Black Catholic Messenger

St. Patrick Church, the last remaining Black Catholic parish in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, has been awarded a $500,000 matching grant to preserve its historic 19th-century edifice.

The National Fund for Sacred Places, a partnership between Partners for Sacred Places and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced the news on Oct. 21. St. Patrick’s is one of 30 places of worship in the 2025 cohort of grantees—the largest in the program’s history.

By FIONA MURPHY | Sight Magazine

Almost six months into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV is forging his own path in shaping the Catholic Church’s tone and priorities, Vatican experts said in a panel discussion on Wednesday.

Speaking at Religion News Service’s symposium “God, Government and the Algorithm: The New Rules of Belief and Power” at Trinity Commons in New York City, three leading voices on Catholicism – Rev James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author; Christopher White, Georgetown University scholar and former National Catholic Reporter journalist; and journalist Nate Tinner-Williams, founder of Black Catholic Messenger – reflected on how the first United States-born pope is balancing continuity and change in a polarised church and world, moderated by Claire Giangravé, RNS Vatican reporter.

The October meeting of the Catholic Business Network of Baltimore (CBNB) will feature a presentation by Sr. Marcia Hall, Superior General of the Oblate Sisters of Providence.

The presentation, “Lessons in Longevity and a Path to Sainthood,” will focus on the Oblate Sisters, the nation’s oldest Black Catholic order, and its efforts to attract new women into their 196-year tradition of service. Sr. Marcia will also provide an update on the journey to Sainthood for the founder of the order, Mother Mary Lange.