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

How Racism Degrades and Denies the True Nature of the Human Person

Gloria Purvis is the host of The Gloria Purvis Podcast, produced in collaboration with America Media. A radio and media personality, she has appeared in various media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, PBS Newshour, and EWTN News Nightly. She previously hosted Morning Glory, an international radio show. In this episode, she describes… Read More How Racism Degrades and Denies the True Nature of the Human Person

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

Love, Racism, and Alienation: James Baldwin’s ‘Conundrum of Color’ in 2020

What does it look like to be loved entirely? To give yourself, to be received, to be embraced, with all of your wounds and all of your beauty? The desire for a love like this permeates the life and work of James Baldwin. For a Black man born in Harlem during the Great Depression, the… Read More Love, Racism, and Alienation: James Baldwin’s ‘Conundrum of Color’ in 2020