BLM, Black Lives Matter, is a political and social movement which exposes and protests any racially motivated violence or prejudice against black people. The ideology
Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it. (Attributed to Abraham Lincoln) They watched him closely and sent agents pretending to
Is “systemic racism” a problem in the U.S.? Or is it simply that “racism” is the problem? It’s possible the real problem lies in how
As racism dominates the news and social media, it is important to remember the Church’s stance on this matter. The Church has always affirmed the
The death of George Floyd in May of this year sparked national reactions all over America. Some of these reactions included outrage and riots. Protests
“And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, / Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.” If you’re a
This month we have seen terrible racial riots on both sides of the Atlantic and for that matter throughout the world. The aftermath is set
Racism and Who? To place racism and God in the same sentence is not a misnomer. Many unsettling events have occurred in the USA during
By Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony In the first part of our article, we looked at how a name helps us to recognize who is knocking at
By Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony If someone knocks on your door, what do you normally say? You say, “Who is it?” You do this because a
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has everyone talking about “systemic racism” right now. Yet just three weeks ago everyone was talking and thinking
As I write this column, my heart is very heavy. We started the new year with much optimism, but 2020 has proven to be a
When my wife and I moved from Cincinnati in 1978, we intentionally chose to relocate to the most diverse (formerly described as “integrated”) municipality in
White nationalism and postmodernism constitute a kind of yang and yin in Western politics. Where the latter has fed for many years the worldview of
Twice now recently, I’ve heard the ‘Flint Water Crisis’ used as an example of the “systemic racism” that still exists in our country today. But
Early on in the pontificate of Pope Francis, during an interview, when asked who he was Pope Francis responded with the statement “I am a
As an African-American Catholic, I revel in the opportunity to share that my father, a convert to the Catholic faith, was initially drawn to Catholicism
Egotist, n.: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. —Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary In 2000, you probably could have
The word in the air and on the streets, both actual and virtual, is justice. People are gathering and protesting, chanting and yelling for justice.
