Ansel Augustine News Today

Dr. Ansel Augustine considers his new role with the U.S. Bishops’ Conference Subcommittee on African American Affairs one of bridge building between not just clergy and laity, but between older and younger generations of Catholics.

Can the church be trusted to use the ministerial exception to federal discrimination laws responsibly?

Our regional reporters reflect on delightful, discarded moments they had in the field as they covered stories across Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

“Can the church we love, love us back?” asks youth minister and author Ansel Augustine.

Two events for young people drew crowds, including hundreds of pilgrims from Los Angeles.

CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs.

The mission of baptism, fully embraced, has the power to remake how Christians engage the world.

Bishop Fernand (Ferd) Joseph Cheri III, a New Orleans native who had served since 2015 as auxiliary bishop of New Orleans, died March 21 at Chateau de Notre Dame in New Orleans following a lengthy illness. He was 71.

The racial gap that many believed was narrowing has abruptly widened in America. Martin Luther King Jr. once asked, "Where do we go from here?" Pope Francis' call to become a synodal church could answer that question.

The Backstreet Cultural Museum presents the 23rd annual All Saints' Day Commemoration on Tuesday, November 1 at Broadside (600 N. Broad St.). Free entry.  This year's honorees include Big Chief Ray "Hatchet" Blazio of the Wild Apache, Big CHief Keelian "Dump" Boyd of the Young Maasai Hunters, Deborah "Big Red" Cotton, and Big Chief Allison "Tootie" Montana of the Yellow Pocahontas.