“Indifference is not an option,” said the chairmen of seven committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. They stated “unequivocally” that “racism is a life issue.”
Civil Rights
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
How can Catholics help lead the fight against racism?
Black and brown Americans continue to speak out against police misconduct and pervasive racism across the United States, writes Olga Segura. The church has an opportunity to show that it is listening.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
All hospitals want to save lives. Should they also be seeking to save ‘life years’?
The ethical problem with talking about ‘expected life years’
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Around the world, democracy is at risk from the coronavirus
Central governments must be able to respond to crises, writes Bill McCormick, S.J., but President Trump’s claim of “total” authority is a reminder that democracies must also be able to maintain limits on power.
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How the church in Australia is working to eradicate modern slavery
About 40 million people are now trapped by forced labor and human trafficking. John McCarthy explains how the church in Australia is “slavery-proofing” its procurement practices and supply chains.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Faith groups urge State Department to abolish new ‘unalienable rights’ commission
Some religious groups and religious liberty groups have applauded the commission including the Center for Family and Human Rights, a Catholic think tank.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
The editors on Marian Anderson’s exclusion from Constitution Hall
In 1939, the editors spoke out against the Daughters of the American Revolution when the group tried to prevent Marian Anderson from performing in Constitution Hall. Anderson performed instead at the Lincoln Memorial before a crowd of 75,000.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What Black Lives Matter can teach Catholics about racial justice
The Black Lives Matter movement has grown to become the first major racial justice movement in the United States since the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
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Beyond ‘I have a dream’: It’s time to take Martin Luther King Jr. out of the box
During African-American History Month, we should embrace the radical Dr. King, who focused on the “triple American evils of racism, materialism and militarism.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Lessons from Notre Dame’s Father Hesburgh for a divided country
The new documentary ‘Hesburgh’ highlights stories of bridge building by the legendary university president