The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola have a structure which forms a counterpoint to racism and can help social activists in their confrontation with it.
Racism
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Podcast: What does it mean to vote with a formed conscience?
Gloria Purvis and Sam Sawyer, S.J., discuss the Catholic imperative to form and obey one’s conscience, especially around two key voting issues: abortion and racism.
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 inNews, Politics & Society
Ohio bishops issue statement: ‘Standing with our Haitian brothers and sisters’
After former president Donald Trump amplified unsubstantiated claims that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets, the state’s bishops called for solidarity with ‘our Haitian brothers and sisters.’
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
‘Irish Patriots’ and Ulster loyalists find a shared scapegoat in Northern Ireland: Immigrants
Loyalist paramilitaries played a central role in organizing the unrest in Belfast, but it was a surprise on both sides of the northern Irish border when they were joined by self-proclaimed “Irish patriots” from the Republic of Ireland.
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Indigenous parishioners shocked by removal of ‘Apache Christ’ icon from their New Mexico church
Indigenous Catholics in New Mexico are reeling after an image of Christ as an Apache holy man was taken from a Mescalero mission. The church’s pastor has fallen under suspicion of complicity in the removal.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Jackie Robinson and the arc of justice in America’s national game
It has been 77 years since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball—and led his Brooklyn Dodgers to new heights in their final years in the borough.
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What to do when a saint is racist: Wrestling with St. John of the Cross
It is necessary that we grapple with hard facts, even if it means wearing scars. But let us not yield when confronted with the racism, sexism or other sins of any saint.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
Unlearning racism on a college campus: Lessons from John Singleton’s ‘Higher Learning’
“Higher Learning” interweaves the stories of three freshmen wrestling with identity and belonging.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Take me to church (or to Broadway): ‘Purlie Victorious’ and the catharsis of Black theater
Can I get an amen?