For many Black Catholics familiar with Charlie Kirk’s full record, endorsements of his message by Catholic leaders can be devastating.
Racial Justice
Posted inFaith and Reason
At Jesuit universities, the government’s D.E.I. crackdown is an attack on religious freedom
Now more than ever, it is urgent to stand up for our university’s autonomy to make curricular decisions based on its Jesuit mission.
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
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.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A Catholic prayer for racial justice
Bolstered by extensive research and passionate prose, ‘In the Shadow of Freedom’ makes a compelling argument for Catholics in particular to pay more heed to reconciliation and healing for the racist history of the United States.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
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.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
The Jesuit case for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in Catholic schools
The commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in Jesuit high schools is an integral part of their mission and identity.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Remembering Gail Lumet Buckley, chronicler of African American history and a ‘pluralistic Catholic’
Gail Lumet Buckley, who died on July 18, was an award-winning chronicler of the African American experience. She once wrote of herself in ‘America’ that “I choose the cross of faith over the sword of ideology.”
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Gloria Purvis at the Eucharistic Congress: Respect the pope, repent of racism and put God over politics
In her keynote address at the Eucharistic Congress, Gloria Purvis warned that disloyalty to Pope Francis, the sin of racism and putting political parties above God threaten the unity of the Catholic Church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
M.L.B. added Negro League statistics to official record books. Are we finally telling the full history of baseball?
Major League Baseball is finally incorporating stats recorded by Negro League players as part of M.L.B.’s official record books.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Gloria Purvis on Juneteenth, racism and the Catholic Church: ‘Sin can outlive those who commit the sin’
Ahead of Juneteenth, Gloria Purvis would like to see the Catholic Church lean into the question: “What is a theological response for making repair for the sin of racism?” The answer, she says, will require “wokeism.”