In February I participated in a panel on transgender Catholics at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress called “Transgender in the Church: One Bread...
Author - Father Bryan Massingale
Our nation’s political campaign for the presidency has already distinguished itself by its debased level of public discourse. Rather than substantive policy...
Recently, my sister celebrated her “re-baptism” as a member of the American Baptist church. Like me and her other siblings, she was baptized and confirmed...
Michael Brown died on August 9, 2015, an unarmed African American man, barely 18 years old, killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. His tragic death...
The news lately seems unrelentingly grim, a constant litany of outrageous violence committed by those bent upon instilling fear. Considering the daily violence...
Black Catholics must challenge their fellow believers to live up to the church’s moral teachings on issues of race. Every February we celebrate the heritage of...
A table in my living room has become a kind of shrine. On it rest photos of people special to me: my grandmother, my parents, my best friend. All have passed...
Want to see “the other America”? Just keep your eyes peeled the next time you stay in a hotel. Marta cleaned my hotel room when I attended a recent conference...
At Marquette University I teach a course on Martin Luther King’s ethics and faith. I face two obstacles when teaching about King. The first is that we are too...
