Black and Catholicism: The Church on Racism
Knowing Black Catholic History Can Help End Racism, Professor Says
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The history of Black Catholics and other marginalized people in the U.S. church covering more than two centuries is one worth knowing and can guide the church’s response to the challenges of racism and social justice, historian Shannen Dee Williams believes. Read more…https://thetablet.org/knowing-black-catholic-history-can-help-end-racism-professor-says/
Diocese of Sacramento Pastoral Letter – It is Right and Just: Journeying from Racism to Communion in Christ
Soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, Soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, Soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we’re goin’ to see the King! (Soon and Very Soon, Andraé Crouch, 1976) This beautiful hymn brings a trembling, mixed …
It is Right and Just: Journeying from Racism …
May 03, 2021 Bishop Jaime Soto Pastoral Letter from Bishop Jaime Soto Soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, Soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, Soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we’re goin’ to see the King! (Soon and …
Women for Racial Justice
Long before there were black priests in the United States, there were black Catholic sisters. Since 1824, hundreds of black women and girls have professed the religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the U.S. Catholic Church. By consecrating themselves to God and dedicating their lives to education and social justice black sisters renounced …
A Black bishop reflects on the United States’ racial divide
Bishop Edward K. Braxton, bishop emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, says that today’s society uses the word racism too freely. It is used to refer to anything from inadvertent racial biases to the physical lynching of human beings, and its widespread and frequent use in the media, by religious communities, and by individuals means that it …
The cry of an angry Black man in a world sick with racism
Sometimes I just want to scream. When confronting the frustrations of American life Marvin Gaye used to sing, “Makes me wanna holler, throw up both my hands.” Do you ever feel that way? That at some moment in time, in some place in which you are situated, everything just overwhelms you? You lift your head …
The Church and Racial Justice: A Conversation in Truth and Hope
The Sheen Center, in partnership with the Office of Black Ministry of the Archdiocese of New York, will kick off programming in honor of Black History Month with a panel discussion on the Church’s complicated history regarding matters of racial justice as highlighted in the documentary “Facing an Uncomfortable Truth” produced by Mr. Steve Crump. …
Holiness, God’s answer to hate
For much of this past year, America has been confronting the sad reality that racist thinking and practices remain all too common in our society. Millions of our brothers and sisters still experience indignity and are denied opportunity only because of their race. We have come a long way in American society to overcome the …
What We Have Seen and Heard
On September 9, 1984 the ten Black Bishops of the United States published this document as a witness to the Black community. The Bishops sought to explain that evangelization is both a call and a response, it is not only preaching but witnessing. The first part of the document is about the shared gifts rooted …