It is as though there are two parallel universes co-existing here, one hopeful and “normal for now,” the other overwhelmed by suffering.
Racial Justice
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The road to racial justice must also run through Haiti
Haiti is the birthplace of what we now know as the Americas, but the majority-Black nation has continuously suffered neglect and outright abuse.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Martin Luther King Jr. shows us how Jesuit spirituality can be lived—in and outside the church
Dr. King and St. Ignatius found themselves needing to turn inward to feel the graces that would inspire their hearts and their pens to share how God was working through them in moments of personal strife.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: We must recommit to Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for equality
With “social injustice, division and conflict” threatening the common good, people need to rediscover and recommit to the vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Pope Francis said.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Podcast: The Capitol Hill rioters co-opted Jesus. How should Catholics respond?
This week on Jesuitical, the hosts talk with Father Bryan Massingale about the toxic mix of racism, idolatry and spiritual emptiness on display at the Capitol on Jan. 6—and how Christians should respond.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
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.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Fired EWTN host Gloria Purvis: ‘I will never, ever, ever have regrets’ for talking about racial injustice
Gloria Purvis, whose radio show “Morning Glory” was canceled on Dec. 30, said she has no regrets about using the show to discuss racial matters following the police killing of George Floyd.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
George Floyd died crying out to his mother. So did Jesus.
What does it mean to bear a son? What did it mean for her, and what does it mean for us?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Nuns founded Chicago’s oldest hospital. Today Black Catholics are fighting to keep it open.
Chicago’s oldest hospital, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1852, may soon be relegated to history.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis talks about Uighurs, George Floyd and Universal Basic Income in new interview
The book-length interview is the product of a series of exchanges between the pope and Austen Ivereigh, his English-language biographer.