What to do when a saint is racist: Wrestling with St. John of the Cross
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1M ago
It is necessary that we grapple with hard facts, even if it means wearing scars. But let us not yield when confronted with the racism, sexism or other sins of any saint ..read more
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Take me to church (or to Broadway): ‘Purlie Victorious’ and the catharsis of Black theater
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7M ago
Take me to church (or to Broadway): ‘Purlie Victorious’ and the catharsis of Black theater ..read more
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Jesuits and Georgetown pledge additional $27 million to support descendants of those enslaved by the order
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8M ago
The sale of 272 enslaved persons by the Jesuits in 1838 helped provide financing for the struggling Georgetown University ..read more
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Review: The shameful history of when the Jesuits sold enslaved people
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8M ago
In 'The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church,' Rachel Swarns tells of “one of the largest documented slave sales in the nation," the Jesuit sale of 272 enslaved persons in 1838 ..read more
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Teilhard de Chardin, racism and eugenics: An exchange
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9M ago
Was Teilhard de Chardin a promoter of eugenics? Two scholars debate the question ..read more
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Why today’s students should read James Baldwin in school
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10M ago
James Baldwin's novels and essays loomed large in the 1950s and 1960s, but they have fallen out of favor with teachers in many literature courses. Is it time for a revival of his works ..read more
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Affirmative action is Catholic social teaching in action. We still need it.
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10M ago
Thoughtfully administered affirmative action, as endorsed by the U.S. bishops decades ago, is an incontrovertible part of our shared task to fight racism and promote equal opportunity ..read more
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Letter to the editor: Black women were excluded from religious orders. Catholics need to know this history.
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11M ago
A response by a historian to America's recent coverage of the path to completion by the Sisters of Charity of New York notes shock and disappointment at the lack of reckoning with the impact of the longstanding anti-Black and anti-brown admissions policies and practices that most European and white American congregations employed ..read more
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Tucker Carlson’s racist text message—and the painful confession it contains
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1y ago
The rest of Tucker Carlson’s racist text betrayed a self-confessional Tucker Carlson I can begin to identify with ..read more
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Catholic high school investigates after students post ‘blackface’ video
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1y ago
A Catholic high school in Philadelphia is taking action after several of its students posted a racist social media video that has sparked community protests ..read more
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