When a young woman in an Alabama parish heard that the Jesuits of St. Louis were organizing a solidarity stand vigil, she was inspired to arrange something...
Racial Justice
For the past 21 years, I’ve taught at historically Black colleges, and several times during those years the theater department has either hosted or produced a...
As a Catholic, this year I am not experiencing the joy of the Easter season. Instead, I am in pain. I am sad. I am retraumatized by the death of Black...
Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Home) is often referred to as Pope Francis’ “environmental” encyclical. Indeed, the contribution...
Researching COVID-19, scientists used a human cell line called “HeLa” to isolate and identify how the virus infects human cells. HeLa cells reveal both the...
While the celebration of Easter Sunday—the resurrection of Jesus Christ—is still fresh in our minds, many of us are reflecting on the trials that our savior...
Every movement leaves a trace. “In my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do”: This is how Catholics describe this basic...
I have little to no interest in “Christian films.” I find most boring and trite, seldom saying anything that feeds my soul. Neat or sanitized affirmations of...
In the throes of the Salvadoran Civil War, St. Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered because he stood with his people against oppression. Prior to his death...
One of the attorneys where I work is Black and a father of three children; his oldest son is 11. My colleague and his wife take care to limit their children’s...
