Daryl Grigsby, the well-known African American commentator, author and convert to Catholicism 25 years ago, hosted a March 7 webinar on the thorny subject of racism, apparent indifference to it and what can be done about it in the Catholic Church.
Titled "Synodality,
On Lowell Boulevard in northwest Denver, a beautiful Victorian home sits just across the street from the campus of Jesuit-run Regis University.
Inside that house, more than a century ago, a tiny and frail former slave swept the floors, made the beds and
A new book, “Flannery O’Connor’s Why Do the Heathen Rage: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress,” examines the southern writer’s views on race through the lens of her projective novel. While not, as advertised, an “unfinished novel” the book is
The Jan. 15 federal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a time to "pause and reflect" on his "indelible legacy" and "his rallying cry in the pursuit of justice and peace," the president of the U.S. Conference of
Despite his Sept. 25 retirement as a Chicago auxiliary, Bishop Joseph N. Perry may continue to serve as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, completing the term he began in May.
The bishops voted Nov. 14
A Florida Catholic bishop condemned a racially motivated shooting that took place late Aug. 26 at a Dollar General store Aug. 26 in Jacksonville, saying, "Violence and bigotry have no place in our hearts or our society."
"A senseless act of violence claimed
People visited the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington Aug. 26, 2023, to mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. King's historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial Aug. 28, 1963.
While few Catholics today would defend the evil practice of slavery, at the time of the Civil War, many prominent Confederates were indeed devout Catholics. They fell in line with general American society, especially in the South. Even today, there remains a
In a statement released July 7, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said that it was their "hope that our Catholic institutions of higher learning will continue to find ways to make education possible and affordable for everyone, regardless of their background."
Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez has issued a pastoral letter on racial healing, addressing "the grave sin of racism" and urging faithful to "embark on a journey of conversion" as believers in Jesus Christ and his real presence in the Eucharist.