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.
Racial Justice
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.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishop: Shootings show ‘all communities are affected by racism’
“This evil affects everyone, and all communities are affected by racism,” said Bishop Shelton J. Fabre.
Posted inArts & Culture, Your Take
America readers remember Toni Morrison
‘Who else has written so keenly and movingly about hope, evil, endurance, pain, greed, transcendence, all the things that make us human?’
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Toni Morrison made living in this world more bearable
Morrison’s work conveyed the pain, sacrifice and trauma that exemplifies so much of the African-American experience.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Religious orders owning slaves isn’t new—black Catholics have emphasized this history for years
Black Catholics have been at the forefront of the push to get the Vatican to confront the church’s racist past and present.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Archbishop Gregory: Offensive speech is a ‘growing plague’ that ‘must end’
“We must all take responsibility to reject language that ridicules, condemns, or vilifies another person because of their race, religion, gender, age, culture or ethnic background,” the archbishop said.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
A new Bible exhibit struggles to grapple with America’s history of slavery
The Museum of the Bible’s colorful exhibit features a copy of the Scriptures given to enslaved Africans in British colonies in the 19th century as a way to convert them to the Christian faith.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Cyntoia Brown and how the U.S. criminal justice system fails black women and girls
Cyntoia Brown was 16 years old when she was charged as an adult and convicted of premeditated first-degree murder, felony murder and “especially aggravated robbery.”
Posted inFaith, News
Black priests and nuns celebrate history of Baltimore at joint conference
The joint conference of the national organizations for black Catholic clergy, women religious, seminarians and deacons finally made its first stop in Baltimore, a city noted for several firsts on the road to equality in the faith.