The treatment of the undocumented — calling them vermin, terrorists, criminals — is hardening us.
Our heart of darkness
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration, Racial Justice
Racial Justice
Dean of Georgetown Law says interim U.S. attorney’s DEI threat attacks its Catholic mission
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OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, News, Racial Justice, World News
The dean of Georgetown University’s law school said the Jesuit institution will not alter its curriculum formed in Catholic teaching despite a threat from the District of Columbia’s acting top prosecutor.
Rev. King’s legacy involves ‘uniting our nation as one community of hope,’ cardinal says
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Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News
Catholics from across the Archdiocese of Washington gathered at Holy Family Catholic Church in Hillcrest Heights to honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Pope calls for inclusion of Romani people in the church
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News
God has not abandoned the Romani people even if it often seemed that the society and even Catholic Church had, Pope Francis said.
Archbishop Broglio: MLK challenges all to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity
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Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News
The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.
How Father Tolton handled travails, transitions is model for living out the faith, says bishop
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Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Saints, World News
A Missouri native, Father Augustus Tolton is recognized as the first African American to be ordained a priest. A candidate for sainthood, he has the title of “Venerable.”
Gathering aims to foster understanding of Native American boarding school harms
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Racial Justice, World News
Hosted by the Catholic Racial Justice Coalition, or CRJC, and Gichitwaa Kateri in Minneapolis, the event drew members of Native American communities, local Catholics, members of the local Twin Cities community, and leaders within the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to pray, to acknowledge harm caused by Native boarding schools, to learn and to celebrate the vitality of Native cultures.
Bishops mark Maryland Emancipation Day, affirm dignity of all
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, News, Racial Justice
The Catholic bishops of Maryland commemorated the 160th anniversary of Maryland Emancipation Day, affirming the dignity of every human person and noting that slavery was dehumanizing, reducing human beings to mere property.
Underground railroad
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Racial Justice
Although many Americans were abolitionists, particularly the Quakers, or Friends, it’s scandalous to us now to admit that many Christian churches were complicit in profiteering from slavery, the Catholic Church being no exception.
Indigenous coalition asks Supreme Court to stop mine threatening sacred site
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Filed Under: News, Racial Justice, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News
A coalition of Western Apache people, along with other Native American and non-Indigenous supporters, under the banner of the non-profit Apache Stronghold, asked the U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 11 to protect their sacred site at Oak Flat, Arizona, from destruction by a copper mining giant after a federal appeals court rejected their request.
New book tells the story of 16 Catholic heroes of civil and human rights
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OSV News
Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice, World News
The authors of a new book profiling 16 holy men and women who championed civil and human rights want readers to know: You can be a saint.
Bishop Perry on Juneteenth: ‘We must remain relentless’ in pursuit of ‘equality and equity’
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Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News
As the nation marked Juneteenth, the head of the U.S. bishops’ anti-racism committee called for renewed efforts to combat the historical legacy of slavery and racism.
