by Ángel Flores Fontánez | Jun 4, 2020 | Current Events, Faith & Politics, In the News, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 5 mins
Click here to read in English. Bienvenido(a). Te he estado esperando. No tengas miedo. Esconderse y sentirse asustado es normal al principio, ya que finalmente uno admite que ha estado en negación por bastante tiempo. Sé cómo te sientes. He estado ahí. La confusión...
by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ | May 29, 2020 | Current Events, In the News, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 4 mins
We are asking for breath. “I can’t breathe!” cried Eric Garner before dying on July 10, 2014 at the hands of the police in Staten Island, New York. “I can’t breathe!” cried Freddy Gray before dying at the hands of the police in April, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. “I...
by Ángel Flores Fontánez | Apr 27, 2020 | Faith & Politics, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 9 mins
Haga clic aquí para español. I still remember the day I got my first Bible. One night, my mother, a Black Puerto Rican woman, gathered me and my older brother in one of the bedrooms of our home in Cañaboncito. “I have something to show you,” she said, with a serious...
by Ángel Flores Fontánez | Mar 11, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Immigration, Race, US Bishops ~ Approx. 3 mins
Four months have passed since the United States’ Catholic Bishops published their letter against racism “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love.” Released to the public during controversies about sexual abuse in the church, the document has been overlooked by...
by Dan Dixon, SJ | Jan 10, 2017 | Faith & Politics, In the News, Justice, Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 3 mins
Embed from Getty Images Once, sequestered in a Toyota Camry for a long road trip, a few young Jesuits playfully developed a list of people, places, and things universally adored by men in the Society. Inspired by the popular blog Stuff White People Like, entries for...
