Black Catholic administrators call out treatment of Haitians at border October 7, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News A group of Black Catholic administrators is calling on “Catholic leaders to do something, to say something” about undertones of racism they say is playing out in the treatment of Haitians at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Plenary members consider how to bridge gap with Australia’s Indigenous October 6, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has signaled that the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia will offer Catholic Church backing for an Indigenous voice in the nation’s constitution.
Bishop Lewandowski calls racism the enemy of synodality October 1, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Synodality Bishop Lewandowski’s workshop focused on pastoral answers to racism. Building on the theme of the conference, “Living the synodality in Hispanic ministry,” the bishop called racism the “enemy of synodality.”
Canadian bishops apologize for abuses, ongoing trauma of Indigenous September 27, 2021By Brian Dryden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Canada’s Catholic bishops have “unequivocally” apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system and have raised the possibility of a visit by the pope to Canada as part of the “healing journey” between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the church.
First Nations, Catholics work at North Vancouver residential school site August 12, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Three First Nations are working with the Archdiocese of Vancouver to look for remains of at least 12 students who attended the former St. Paul’s Indian Residential School.
Centennial of a murder: The priest, the Klan and a wedding remembered August 10, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Irish Father James E. Coyle faced prejudice and threats and ministered during the height of the Spanish flu pandemic. One hundred years ago, he was shot and killed by a Protestant minister in Birmingham, Alabama.
Two new Canadian Indigenous leaders to prioritize reconciliation July 29, 2021By Brian Dryden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Reconciliation between Canadian society and the country’s Indigenous communities is possible, say two new national Indigenous leaders.
Lives more than matter July 12, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Commentary, Racial Justice If we truly believe as the church teaches – and as we know in our hearts – that every person is created in the image and likeness of God, then the sign in my neighborhood has it right: matter is the minimum.
Bishops support investigation of former U.S. residential schools July 2, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Racial Justice, World News In response to a late June announcement, the United States will be conducting an investigation of former federally funded boarding schools to search for graves of Native American children.
Outgoing Loyola University Maryland president ‘squeezes sponge dry’ June 30, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice 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.
Archbishop Lori establishes coordinating council to lead efforts against racism June 17, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice 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’ June 9, 2021By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice, World News 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.
