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Arts & CultureBooks
Stephen Werner
Sixty years after the publication of ‘Black Like Me,’ John Howard Griffin's book can still be part of much-needed discussions of race for many white Americans who remain unaware of racism's ongoing effects.
“Mama,” a painting by iconographer Kelly Latimore, was stolen from the Catholic University of America.
FaithPodcasts
Gloria Purvis
Some derided the art as contemptuous of God and sacrilegious. What did artist Kelly Latimore intend to convey with the image? Is the picture meant to be a deification of George Floyd?
Father Alonzo Cox is assisted by Deacon Rachid Murad, left, as he celebrates a Mass marking Black Catholic History Month. Pierre Toussaint, seen on a banner at the altar, is one of six African American Catholics who are candidates for sainthood.
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
Out of the more than 10,000 men and women recognized as saints—which includes 11 Americans and a total of 899 that have been canonized by Pope Francis—none are African Americans.
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
The president of The Catholic University of America said the institution’s law school has replaced an icon of Mary holding Jesus that was stolen after some complained the image of Christ resembled George Floyd.
Arts & CultureBooks
Renée Darline Roden
In his analysis of Western theological education, Willie James Jennings argues for an institution that does not replicate structures of exclusion or division, but rather reflects the image of the body of Christ.
Arts & CultureBooks
Hannah E. Ryan
The relationship between dominant and marginalized characters throughout O’Connor’s body of work offers a theology of displacement—that is, a means of experiencing God in the midst of upheaval, geographic and otherwise.