Tag: Race

Around the Web: Articles on Racial Justice and Reform

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Are racial justice movements straying from Catholic tradition — or are Catholic leaders out of touch? by Alessandra Harris: “The racial justice movement will continue until Black people are no longer treated as second-class citizens, segregated in economically depressed neighborhoods, denied adequate education and health care,… Read More Around the Web: Articles on Racial Justice and Reform

Millennial

The Future of Anti-Racism and the Catholic Church

via the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life: The killing of George Floyd sparked a renewed racial justice reckoning in our nation. The national response to police violence against Black Americans has affected our country and communities in a way previously unseen in a generation. These recent events have led our communities to… Read More The Future of Anti-Racism and the Catholic Church

Millennial

The Promise and Challenge of Already but Not Yet: Personal Reflections on MLK’s Vision

Fifty years ago this week, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr gave an iconic speech.  It offers a vision of the best impulses of the American experiment. No matter how many times I watch video of Dr. King I still get goose bumps. I want  to be that community, where children are judged by the… Read More The Promise and Challenge of Already but Not Yet: Personal Reflections on MLK’s Vision

Meghan Clark

Dr. King & Catholic Social Teaching

Martin Luther King Jr. is a national hero, a remarkable figure whose courageous pursuit of justice compelled Americans to recognize and correct our nation’s failure to live up to its highest ideals, those so elegantly expressed in the Declaration of Independence. Yet King’s vision transcended these ideals. He articulated notions of equality, freedom, and justice… Read More Dr. King & Catholic Social Teaching

Robert Christian