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Nate Tinner-Williams

Nate Tinner-Williams is co-founder and editor of Black Catholic Messenger and a Master of Theology student in the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.

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Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California, accompanied by from left, Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-California, Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, speaks to members of the media following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on April 25. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Catholic lawmaker 'deeply troubled' by reports of Biden reinstatement of migrant family detention

U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York, the nation's lone Black Catholic member of Congress, has spoken out about reports that President Joe Biden may soon reinstate Trump-era family detention policies.

Kirk Whalum appears in the documentary "Humanité, the Beloved Community." (NCR screenshot/YouTube)

Kirk Whalum on Catholic conversion, gospel jazz, and finding identity in God

Kirk Whalum, a multi-Grammy Award-nominated saxophonist and composer, sat down with Black Catholic Messenger to discuss his faith journey, his musical inspirations, and his relationship with a certain African-American saint-to-be who also happens to be his kin.

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes (Courtesy of Mount Mary University)

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, pioneer of Black Catholic womanist ethics, dies

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, the nation's only Black Catholic female bioethicist, has died at the age of 61 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

 

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