What makes Father Linnane especially proud is playing a role in increasing what he calls the “academic rigor” at Loyola and in dramatically increasing diversity on what had historically been a predominantly white campus.
Racial Justice
Archbishop Lori establishes coordinating council to lead efforts against racism
Archbishop William E. Lori has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., to lead a coordinating council established to implement recommendations to fight hatred and racism and prioritize equity and inclusion.
Cardinal Gregory: Catholic media’s task is to wed the facts to ‘truth of the Gospel’
As the nation struggles to fight a pandemic and address social strife and racial injustice, the Catholic media have the important task of presenting news truthfully and in light of the Gospel values taught by the church, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington told Catholic media professionals June 9.
Catholic school grad hopes app can assist in civilian, police interactions
Pulled over by police, nervous and unsure of what to do? There’s an app for that, thanks to the work of a Catholic school alumnus and his partners.
Ecumenical service remembers victims of Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
“It is hard to believe that 100 years ago people could think and act in such a way. It is unthinkable. Still, it happened,” Bishop Konderla said.
Chicago interfaith leaders decry violence against Asian Americans
Interfaith leaders in Chicago May 2 rallied against racism and rising incidents of violence toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, saying all people deserve fair and equal treatment.
Addressing effects of slavery calls for looking ahead, panelists say
The work of Georgetown University and the Jesuits in reckoning with the history of owning and selling enslaved people may hold lessons for the rest of the Catholic Church and American society, said several panelists at an April 29 discussion at the university.
Racism and the impact of words
Racism isn’t something that happens to other people. It affects all of us—and each of us plays a part in naming it, opposing it, and changing what we can.
Church called to lead the difficult work of overcoming structural racism
As the guilty verdicts were read April 20 in the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd, Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, “could hear the rumble of a collective exhalation” across the New Orleans campus.
Archbishop Lori calls ruling “just” as former police officer found guilty on all three counts in death of Floyd
“As citizens, we must insist on the elimination of all forms of racism in our societal structures,” Archbishop Lori said.
Archbishop Hebda encourages prayers, peace after fatal police shooting
After a night of protests and vandalism April 11 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, following the police shooting of Daunte Wright, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis urged prayers for justice and peace.
Archbishop Lori, bishops and Catholic groups pray for end to anti-Asian hate crimes, violence
“Whether blatantly acted out in violence or more quietly through long-sustained prejudices, racism and hatred must be exposed and condemned,” said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori.