by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ | Jul 21, 2020 | Current Events, Faith & Politics, In the News, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 4 mins
John Lewis. He crossed many bridges in his life. On Friday, he crossed the final one. On July 17, 2020, with the death of John Robert Lewis, the U.S. Congress lost its conscience. This legend was the youngest man to speak at the March on Washington next to Dr. King in...
by Eziokwubundu Amadi, SJ | Jul 16, 2020 | Current Events, Global Catholicism, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 4 mins
What is the value of human life? While there seems to be an agreement that such a question is worth asking, there is much debate on what ought to be its appropriate response. The incongruity in the responses to this age-old question has led to the heart-rending...
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 | Apr 27, 2020 | Faith & Politics, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 10 mins
Click here to read in English. Todavía recuerdo el día en que recibí mi primera Biblia. Una noche, mi madre, una puertorriqueña Negra, reunió a mi hermano mayor y a mí en uno de los cuartos de nuestra casa en Cañaboncito. “Tengo que enseñarles algo,” dijo ella, con un...
