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Politics & SocietyFeatures
Bryan N. Massingale
What ought to be the Ignatian contribution to the fight for racial justice, given our mission and our values?
FaithLast Take
Anthony Carter
African-Americans have a deep and troubling history with the Catholic Church.
Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, chair of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, speaks on Nov. 13 during the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
Though the Catholic Church has responded to racism for many years, some leaders and church institutions have at times been part of the problem.
Arts & CultureFilm
Meghan J. Clark
“Thor: Ragnarok” is an entertaining film with a powerful and needed message: ignore history at your peril.
Front: Lucas, Mike, and Dustin from Season 2 of Stranger Things. Back: A sign erected by white tenants seeking to prevent blacks from moving into a housing project in Detroit, 1942. (Netflix, Wikipedia Commons)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Antonio De Loera-Brust
Could Hawkins be a place haunted not just by the Upside Down, but by the ghosts of our country’s racist past?
Gonzaga College High School students look through the archives in late June at Georgetown University in Washington. Gonzaga history teacher Ed Donnellan and six students searched through the archives to unearth any ties to slavery at the Jesuit-run high school. (CNS photo/courtesy Gonzaga College High School)
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
"We're at the beginning of this," said Gonzaga history teacher Ed Donnellan, who also is looking at the possibility of taking students to visit the remnants of the Jesuit slave plantations in Maryland.