At a public memorial service in the cathedral, the site of the funerals of James Baldwin and Duke Ellington, several friends of Ms. Morrison provided their recollections of her talent, warmth and sense of humor.
Racial Justice
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
I reached out to every U.S. diocese. Here are the ones implementing the 2018 pastoral letter on racism.
I reached out by email to every diocese in the country and asked: Has your diocese started any new initiatives based on the 2018 pastoral letter on racism published by the U.S.C.C.B?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Issue of selling slaves ‘bigger than Georgetown,’ says descendant
“There was an apology, but for us, we needed more and we continue to seek more.”
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Pastoral letter against racism is starting conversations and healing, bishops told
The document, titled “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love—A Pastoral Letter Against Racism,” sold out its first 2,000 copies eight months after it was printed and was recently sent out for a second printing.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
‘Porgy and Bess’ and the power of representation
Written in the 1930s, George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” has always been controversial.
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El Paso bishop: Latinos feel ‘they have targets on their backs’
The racism that is now a part of public life must be named and opposed, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Tex., said in a new pastoral letter.
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In an act of Christian love, a murder victim’s brother publicly forgives his killer in court
A Dallas bishop said that the public forgiveness offered by the brother of a murder victim toward the person who killed him was “an incredible example of Christian love.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
How the church can recognize the legacy of slavery and move toward reconciliation
The U.S. Catholic Church still has work to do toward racial reconciliation, writes America associate editor Olga Segura, and this summer’s 1619 Project in The New York Times provides a template worth considering.
Posted inArts & Culture, Of Many Things
How grace transcends conflict in ‘West Side Story’ (and beyond)
All violence flows in some way from a failure to understand that our infinite desire for love can be satisfied only by the one who alone is the infinite source of that desire, Matt Malone, S.J. writes.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
There is time for the church to support black Catholics—if it has the will to do so
Systemic racism still haunts the U.S. Catholic Church, writes Tia Noelle Pratt. The church must strive to become a place for diverse peoples to come together.