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 Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ | Jul 17, 2020 | Catholic Writing, Film, Justice, Pop Culture, Race ~ Approx. 2 mins
If the Black Lives Matter movement didn’t already motivate you to educate yourself on systemic racism and how to be an anti-racist, this week’s Supreme Court decision allowing the first federal executions in 17 years to happen should. This week’s executions (Daniel...
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 Ken Homan, SJ | Jun 23, 2020 | In the News, Race ~ Approx. 4 mins
In my three years of teaching Catholic Social Teaching to high school juniors, white students frequently asked, “Why do you make everything about race?” It was a question I had asked at their age as well. In response, I attempted to offer some of the overwhelming...
by Sullivan McCormick, SJ | Jun 9, 2020 | In the News, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 4 mins
How do we talk about race in the light of George Floyd’s murder and the surge of protests throughout the country? How do we talk about a legacy of racial violence that has recently manifested itself in the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery? How...
