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June 2020

June 08, 2020

American Catholics and Race in 2020: A Church Historian’s Reflection

“Are We There Yet?” Over the past week, we’ve looked at some painful history. While...

June 07, 2020

“It’s About Time They Got Here”: Catholics and the Civil Rights Movement

Charity Not Enough Today we focus on a brighter spot in American Catholic history: the...

June 06, 2020

The Struggle for an African American Priesthood

"The Dignity of the Priesthood" In a sermon on “The True Priesthood,” delivered at Brooklyn’s...

June 05, 2020

A House Divided: The American Bishops and the Civil War

A Hierarchy Divided As we mentioned earlier, some mainline Protestant Churches formally divided over the...

June 04, 2020

Convents White and Black

American Sisters and Social Justice Many today are familiar with the photos of American women...

June 03, 2020

American Catholics and the 1619 Project

American Catholics and Slavery Throughout the centuries leading up to Emancipation, many slaveholders were...

June 02, 2020

White American Catholics and Race: A Church Historian’s Reflection (Part One)

Race in American Life When you look at English history, most scholars would agree that...