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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/09/2026

Usain Bolt with Kenny Bednarek today after his 100m upset victory at the World Ultimate Championship in Budapest. Both were raised Catholic. #BlackCatholicHistory #BlackCatholicExcellence

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 30/08/2026

Happy feast of Blessed Ghébrē-Michael! An Ethiopian Catholic convert, he served as a priest alongside St. Justin de Jacobis and was persecuted for refusing to renounce Chalcedonian teaching. He died a martyr in 1855 and is the only Black blessed or saint in the Vincentian Family.

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/08/2026

Happy feast of Blessed Isidore Bakanja, a Black Catholic young adult who helped evangelize the Belgian Congo and was killed by his taskmasters in the genocidal rubber operations. Holy African martyr, terror of colonizers, pray for us! 🙏🏾

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 25/07/2026

Throwback from the Jubilee Mass here in Houston for the 2026 convocation of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, celebrated on Thursday by Auxiliary Bishop Robert Boxie III of Washington. Recording: www.youtube.com/live/VDiS1iL...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 25/07/2026

The Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary are kicking off their 2026 national convention here in Houston with a 4th Degree Conclave Mass celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Robert Boxie III of Washington. Several other Black Catholic bishops also present.

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 13/07/2026

The reform of the liturgy begins with fixing this.

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 07/07/2026

Big crowd today for the consecration of new aux bishops for the Archdiocese of Washington—including Robert Boxie III, the first new African-American Catholic prelate in ~10 years. Livestream from the National Basilica: www.youtube.com/live...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 06/07/2026

Prayer service tonight in Washington anticipating the consecration of Auxiliary Bishop-elect Robert Boxie III, the first new African-American Catholic prelate in nearly a decade. Livestream from St. Augustine Church: www.youtube.com/live...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 05/07/2026

A two-mile Eucharistic procession has begun from the Philadelphia Catholic cathedral to the Shrine of St. John Neumann. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 05/07/2026

Black Gospel psalm used for the concluding Mass of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, courtesy of local African-American composer Tonya Taylor-Dorsey. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/pcJ3BvZ...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 05/07/2026

Pope Leo XIV just addressed the concluding Mass for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage today in Philly. He began with an ode to the Spanish Catholics—including Afro-Spaniards—who reached Florida in the 1500s. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/pcJ3BvZ...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 03/07/2026

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is addressing the nation live from the Vatican for his reception of the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center. Focusing his remarks on religious freedom and human dignity. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 03/07/2026

Rabbi Jill Maderer began her remarks at Liberty Medal ceremony for Pope Leo XIV by calling attention to the slaveholding of George Washington nearby at the original President's House in Philadelphia. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 03/07/2026

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker shouted out the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage during remarks at the ceremony bestowing the Liberty Medal on Pope Leo XIV. Pilgrims from across the country reached the city this week as their final stop. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 03/07/2026

Bustling crowd this morning at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Liberty Medal, delivering a virtual message from the Vatican. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 03/05/2026

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias addressing St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago this morning before Mass, warning of racist insurance schemes in the state. Not something you see everyday at church! Love it.

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 30/04/2026

Did you know April 30 is the feast of Our Lady of Africa (Notre-Dame d'Afrique) in the Catholic Church? A la the image of the Virgin Mary at the Algerian basilica Pope Leo XIV visited earlier this month. #BlackCatholicHistory

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 29/04/2026

Fundraising kickoff this morning for the shrine to Venerable Augustus Tolton—that nation's first openly Black Catholic priest—at the former St. Boniface Catholic Church in Quincy, Illinois, where he once studied and later celebrated Mass. www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/tolton-shrin...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 09/04/2026

The White House is again denying that the January meeting at the Pentagon between the Vatican ambassador to the U.S. and the Department of Defense was a tense or threatening affair. They claim the nuncio, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, is calling it a "normal encounter".

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 17/03/2026

Lenten revival series beginning tonight at St. Augustine of Hippo Catholic Church in East St. Louis, Illinois. A Redemptorist, St. Louis' own Fr Maurice Nutt, bringing the word. Livestream: fb.watch/FUl-prNsYG/

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 17/02/2026

RIP to Rev. Jesse Jackson, a lion of the Civil Rights Movement and a principle ally to the Black Catholic Movement, in which he provided support in the spirit and in the streets, helping to reclaim Black identity and press the Church toward justice. May the angels receive him!

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 10/02/2026

Officially official. Analilia Mejia, the Afro-Latina progressive running for Congress in NJ-11, is headed to the general this November. Safe blue seat, so you can expect to see her in Washington.

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 09/02/2026

NEW: Former Houston city councilor @akedwardstx.bsky.social is suspending her campaign for the 2026 general election in Texas' 18th congressional district. Edwards fell to Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee in a special election runoff for the seat in January.

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 31/01/2026

Funeral Mass underway here in Missouri for Leodia "Lee" Gooch, past Supreme Lady of the Knights of Peter Claver's Ladies Auxiliary and past executive director of the National Black Catholic Congress. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 30/01/2026

Packed house in New Orleans for the funeral of Fr Victor Laroche, the Haitian-born Dominican friar who served as a chaplain and administrator at Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation's Catholic HBCU. Livestream: fb.watch/EYAQY8LPAW/

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 30/01/2026

The faithful of New Orleans came out tonight for a Rosary in memory of Fr Victor Laroche, OP, a Haitian-born friar who died suddenly this month. He served as chaplain at Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation's Catholic HBCU. Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune of Charleston is among the mourners here.

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 27/01/2026

"We continue to be confronted with a callous disregard for human life and dignity, driven by racism and xenophobia that targets Black and Brown people." The Josephites, a Catholic religious community serving African Americans, on the killing of Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 24/01/2026

From one of the nation's Black Catholic congressmen, in the wake of the latest ICE-involved killing in broad daylight, on the need for the agency to be "dismantled".

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 04/01/2026

Moving cross-country next weekend to start formation for the Catholic priesthood—again. Please pray for me. 🙏🏾

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 04/12/2025

I fear I have finally succumbed. I have loved an AI-generated album. youtube.com/playlist...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 15/11/2025

Funeral Mass getting underway for Veronica Downs-Dorsey here at St. Peter Claver Church in New Orleans. Legendary Black Catholic musician, director, and educator who died this month after an illness. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/qErnopb...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

After a presentation from Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, which attempted to tie increases in U.S. Mass attendance and Catholic conversions to Eucharistic Revival and 2024 National Eucharistic Congress, the bishops 👍🏻 another gathering in 2029. #USCCB25 stream: www.youtube.com/live/NOQDaq8...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

Oh, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops also approved the strengthened statement on immigration amid the second Trump administration. It will be released soon. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/live/NOQDaq8...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

Looniest vote of the day: A tie for chair of Committee on Religious Liberty. Then, before ballot #2, the body realized the senior candidate wins. But a twist! The winner deferred to noted archconservative, ++Alexander Sample of Portland. #USCCB25 Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/NOQDaq8...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

Bishop Mark W. O'Connell of Albany was elected chairman for the Committee on Protection of Children & Young People, winning by just 10 votes. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/live/NOQDaq8...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

Ballots got increasingly close beginning with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' election for chairman of Canonical Affairs and Church Governance; Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee won by only five votes. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/live/NOQDaq8...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

Backtracking a bit to the other votes. Auxiliary Bishop Peter L. Smith of Portland, a South African-born prelate who moved to the U.S. during Apartheid, was elected chairman of the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/live/NOQDaq8...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

On the U.S. Catholic Bishops' immigration statement, Archbishop Robert G. Casey of Cincinnati notes his appreciation—given the Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio, which faced accusations from many, including Trump and JD Vance. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/live/NOQDaq8...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago proposed an amendment to the U.S. Catholic bishops' forthcoming statement on immigration, to note explicitly their opposition to "indiscriminate deportation" under President Donald Trump. The motion was approved. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/live/NOQDaq8...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has overwhelmingly approved revisions to the text of "Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services", including the addition of information intended to combat gender ideology. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQD...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

The USCCB has elected Bp William Wack, CSC of Pensacola-Tallahassee as chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis. Wack has previously shown himself a friend to Black Catholics, including the Knights of Peter Claver. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQD...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has elected Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak of Philadelphia as chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace. Gudziak has strongly supported the Ukrainian war effort. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQD...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 12/11/2025

LIVE: Day 2 of public sessions at fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops began with a vote, electing Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort-Wayne South Bend as secretary, following the current holder's election yesterday as president. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQD...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 11/11/2025

The U.S. Catholic bishops vote to advance the sainthood cause of Fr Rick Thomas, a Jesuit priest who served in a border ministry in Texas and Mexico and died of natural causes in 2006. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1phw...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 11/11/2025

"The [Catholic] Church stands as a reminder that they are not alone." Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, chairman of the @usccbofficial.bsky.social Committee on Migration, on immigrants in America facing abuse from the second Trump administration. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1phw...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 11/11/2025

To highlight the varied experiences of Catholics in America in view of the nation's 250th anniversary in 2026, the U.S. Catholic bishops approve a proposal to consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus next June. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1phw...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 11/11/2025

Archbishop-elect James Checchio of New Orleans notes before a #USCCB25 budget vote that the @usccbofficial.bsky.social had to withdraw $15M from their investment fund to temporarily cover expenses due to the Trump administration's anti-immigrant funding cuts. Stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1phw...

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Nate Tinner-Williams @natemup.com · 11/11/2025

By a slim margin, the U.S. Catholic bishops note that they did not prefer the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2025 World Series. Justice prevails. #USCCB25 livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1phw...

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