As we prepare for a new papacy, an important question faces the church: What foundations do we inherit from Pope Francis’ bold reimagining of Catholic moral theology? How will the church carry forward the vision he nurtured—a vision both thoroughly traditional and courageously new?
Bryan N. Massingale
Bryan Massingale is a professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University in New York. He is the author of Racial Justice and the Catholic Church (Orbis, 2010).
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The soul of America—from Martin Luther King to Trump
If U.S. Catholics seek to embrace Martin Luther King Jr.’s desire to “redeem the soul of America,” we will also have to reclaim the soul of Catholicism, which is nothing less than a broad and inclusive love for all, including those considered “stranger.”
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A century of James Baldwin’s prophetic voice
The centennial of James Baldwin’s birth is an invitation to join the ranks of “the relatively conscious” who will help the nation engage in the metanoia needed to become the country that Baldwin constantly believed and hoped it could become.
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I am a gay priest. We need more than an apology for Pope Francis’ homophobic slur.
As a gay priest, I was shocked and saddened by the Holy Father’s use of an offensive slur during a discussion with Italian bishops.
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I’m a Catholic priest who fasts for Ramadan. Here’s what it taught me about Lent.
Observing Ramadan, a sacred time of fasting in the Islamic world, heightens my awareness of the afflictions that so many are forced to endure and the ways our world still needs healing.
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A year after the murder of George Floyd, what has changed?
A year later, what has changed? As we begin to move on from pandemic and re-enter the real world, are we leaving this issue too fast?
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Watch: How to make spiritual sense of the attack on the Capitol
“Yesterday revealed a deep part of who we are as Americans,” said Father Bryan Massingale, in an interview with America’s editor in chief, Matt Malone, S.J.
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The Racist Attack on Our Nation’s Capitol
What we saw today is a clear declaration that many white people would rather live in a white dictatorship than in a multiracial democracy.
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The first African-American cardinal is a tribute to the faith of Black Catholics—and a gift to the entire church
Father Bryan Massingale: As Black Catholics, we rejoice because we are now visible as never before. We are seen. We matter.
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Racism is a sickness of the soul. Can Jesuit spirituality help us heal?
What ought to be the Ignatian contribution to the fight for racial justice, given our mission and our values?