This documentary can be considered one more piece of the recent American narrative pushing us continually to wake up to our past injustices.
Saints
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We have a story to tell: Indigenous scholars, activists speak up amid toppling of Serra statues
California Native people prayed at a makeshift altar before activists took down the statue of Serra, the 18th-century Franciscan credited with spreading the Catholic faith but also seen as part of an imperial conquest.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis emphasizes the need for unity and prophecy in the church
Peter and Paul, Pope Francis noted, provide valuable role models to encourage us toward unity and prophecy.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Julian of Norwich believed ‘All will be well.’ Would she say so today?
All will be well and all will be well: even now?
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California bishops say protesters ‘failed the test’ of history in toppling Junipero Serra statues
While Serra is credited with spreading the Catholic faith across what is now California, critics say he was part of an imperial conquest that beat and enslaved Native Americans.
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Who is St. Junipero Serra and why are California protesters toppling his statues?
The statue of St. Junipero Serra is the latest to be either defaced or forcibly removed by people protesting against monuments that depict the country’s colonial and racist past.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Joan of Arc’ is one weird work of hagiography
The director Bruno Dumont has said that movies can “look beyond the visible to explore something that reason can’t.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What can St. Augustine teach us about living through a pandemic?
Though Augustine might have a reputation for pessimism, Kathleen Bonnette writes, his spirituality and his actions during the siege of Hippo can offer guidance for responding to the Covid-19 crisis.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis opens path to beatification for the founder of the Knights of Columbus
The pope also announced plans to canonize Charles de Foucauld, César de Bus and Maria Domenica Mantovani.
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Michael Jordan and the problem (and necessity) of hagiography
“The Last Dance” is not documentary but hagiography. Many commentators mean this as a criticism, but here is the thing: Hagiographies are important—and compelling.