It is difficult for a thoughtful Catholic to separate the wheat from the chaff in assessing secular social movements and causes. But we owe it to each other to try.

“Our word isn’t racism. It’s relationship.” Those are the words of Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott, who joined “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” to discuss the Dred Scott decision and its ripple effects today.

A conversation with Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J., the author of “The Crucible of Racism.”

On “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Father Manuel Williams about Sister Thea Bowman and the importance of Black spirituality and liturgy in the U.S. church.

Recognizing and celebrating diversity does not threaten unity in the church. Instead, it strengthens the ability of evangelizers to embrace people on the margins of society.

“Do not allow the humanity, the human sin of the church to blot out who it is that we believe in and who [it is that] comes to us, Jesus Christ,” Bishop Shelton said in a recent conversation with Gloria Purvis.