The complex calculus of negating racism
We hear and read a lot about critical race theory (CRT). Most of it is raises serious concerns. The idea of CRT, as I understand it, is to teach young children that white people have always had a privileged place in society and that people of colour have paid the price for that supposed racial supremacy.
Guiding the discomfiting racism conversation
Talking about racism can be uncomfortable for some but a new resource aims to help churches navigate those difficult discussions.
The Church condemns systemic racism as sinful
It has become fashionable in certain Roman Catholic circles to attack critical race theory as if it were an all-encompassing ideology that threatens to destroy the Church, the university and the whole of society. These attacks risk plunging the Church into a divisive culture war instead of inviting us to reflect on racism as a form of social evil that Pope John Paul II called “structures of sin.”
Reject racism, live how Creator intended: cardinal
WASHINGTON -- People must “reject all forms of racism, bigotry and injustice” and recognize “we are each made by God and are deserving of respect and dignity because of just that,” said Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory.
Hamilton anti-racism report seeks change
Almost two-thirds of Black students in the Hamilton, Ont., Catholic school board said they feel unsafe in their school, according to a new report.
Catholic Children's Aid apologizes for systemic racism
The Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto has acknowledged and apologized for historical harm committed against Indigenous and Black communities.
Durham board introduces anti-Black racism course
As anti-racism courses slowly become the norm in schools across the Greater Toronto Area and beyond, they’ve not come without their fair share of blowback.
Leah Perrault: We need to learn to be uncomfortable
It has been a profoundly difficult few weeks to live in Treaty territory and the homeland of the Métis. To live in a land that welcomes people to safety but cannot guarantee it.
Anti-Black racism activist Adora Nwofor gets emotional when she talks about the love she has for Calgary.
Faith drives fight for racial justice
Editorial: Say no to racism
It has been 25 years since Canada celebrated its first Black History Month, a good time to take stock of how we, as a nation, have embraced the commitment to end racism.
Freedom a privilege not to be wasted
Living in a free country is a privilege some young people take for granted these days, but not Canadian teen Emmanuel Adegboyega.
A grandma’s love eases the pain
A high school student whose yearbook tribute to his late grandmother was replaced with a racist message says her legacy of faith is helping him through this challenging time.
Fighting the ‘virus of racism’
Canada’s Jesuits are asking Canadians to examine their collective conscience in the wake of Joyce Echaquan’s death in a hospital in Joliette, Que.
Cathy Majtenyi: Fratelli Tutti sounds alarm on dignity
The timing of the photo op couldn’t have been better. A defiant, COVID- sick Donald Trump popping out of hospital to wave to his supporters from a vehicle, putting the driver and security detail in extreme danger, illustrated so perfectly one of Pope Francis’s key concepts in his latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti , On Fraternity and Social Friendship.