As Mississippi puts away the Confederate stars-and-bars, native son Jeremy Zipple, S.J., reflects on the heavy silence around racism that prevailed during his childhood.
Racial Justice
Posted inFaith, Short Take
I am a Black Catholic convert and believe the church must address racism now.
Having been raised in mostly Black churches, Tevin Williams found and embraced Catholicism. But he writes that the church must make it a priority to address racism.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Respect, understanding can defeat racism, bigotry, Archbishop Gregory says
During an online discussion on faith and racism sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., said “if we do not know each other…we make it possible for hatred to grow.”
Posted inFaith, News
San Francisco archbishop leads prayer, blesses site of toppled Junipero Serra statue
In 2015, some people objected to the canonization of the Spaniard, like critics did of his beatification in 1988, because of questions about how Father Serra treated the native peoples of California and about the impact of Spanish colonization on native peoples throughout the Americas.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
‘Where have I seen racism in myself?’ Readers respond
We asked our readers to reflect on times when they have seen or recognized examples of racial prejudice in their own lives.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests have shown that Americans still care about the common good. Do our civic leaders?
If the pandemic and the swell of protests have shown that Americans are still capable of heeding the call of their better angels, it has also exposed the flaws and deficiencies of our political leadership.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Covid-19 hits African-American, Hispanic and Native American communities the hardest
The coronavirus epidemic claimed more than 120,000 lives by late June, and its effects have been felt in communities across the country—but not equally.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Bishop Robert Barron on Internet ministry, Black Lives Matter and the art of dialogue
Jesuitical interviews Bishop Robert Barron.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishops urge Congress to address better police training, accountability
“Law enforcement officers perform a great and needed service; they serve to promote justice and the common good in society,” they said. “But it is clear that there have been too many failures in serving everyone, with tragic consequences.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
How Canadian Catholics are responding to George Floyd’s killing and Black Lives Matter
Demonstrations in Ottawa and other communities protested Floyd’s killing, but they also called attention to the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old Indigenous-Black Canadian woman who fell to her death from a Toronto high rise.