A cartoon series from a decade ago proves to have profound lessons for today.
Social Justice
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Why protesting injustice is a fundamentally Christian act
Our fidelity to Christ and his body the church should have less to do with becoming an aggrieved church of fire damage than becoming a compassionate church of kinship with the broken.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Archbishop Pérez: There is much work to be done, but the American Dream endures
The events of 2020 show that Americans still struggle to achieve social justice, writes Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia in a July 4 reflection. Yet we can take note of what we have survived so far.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We need to do more than topple (some) statues
Massimo Faggioli: Some statues deserve toppling. But it’s not necessarily the most constructive way to build a different future.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Georgetown Law School forum examines reforming, transforming police
If police officers commit crimes while on duty, “the court has put up a number of hurdles to make it difficult to bring injunctive relief against an entire police department.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How Catholic vigils for racial justice can center the black experience
Even the most well-meaning prayer vigils against racism can miss the mark because of fuzzy language and a lack of black voices, writes Flora x. Tang. But there are ways to make them more effective.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Black Catholics at march say church’s support needed more than ever
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Black Catholics are making their voices heard for racial and social justice in the United States.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
How some researchers are using data science to fight sex trafficking
Human trafficking is a dark and complex subject, but the situation is not without hope.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
What the church in San Jose is doing to prepare for a post-Covid future
It is not uncommon to see a Tesla or a Lexus among the cars in line for food donations at parishes in the diocese.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
An open letter to my fellow white Americans
Most of us believe in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a country where people are “judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” But we do not live in such a country, not yet anyway, Matt Malone, S.J. writes.