Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
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Second Saturday of Advent: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
In this time of Advent, let us look at Juan Diego and La Guadalupana as tools of our aspirations to overcome illness, be humble in the face of change, and stay determined in our belief in a gracious Divine.
Second Saturday of Advent: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
“More than a counter-narrative, Guadalupe is a cacophony of voices. They cohere in between elusive moments and spaces. They evoke the same liminality to which we are drawn as an Advent people.”
Church & Colonization: Searching for hope on stolen land
White settlers in the United States, the descendants of European colonial settlers, colonizers, refugees, and immigrants, are born into a complex social contract.
Church & Colonization: The two Christianities
Kelly Brown Douglas answers this question in her book, The Black Christ, where she describes two Christianities: the Christianity of the slaveholder and the Christianity of the slaves.
Please Rise
Natalie Lall is a CTA young adult from Kenosha, Wisconsin, the site of unrest following the recent police shooting of a Black man named Jacob Blake. "Please Rise" is a spoken word poem that evokes the Bhagavad Gita, Black Lives Matter, and God's abiding presence within this "threshold moment."
Church Labor
Most of the labor that created and sustains the Catholic Church was and remains unpaid and exploited. It is no coincidence that Catholicism and capitalism mirror each other in their structures.
Sojourners: Don’t hide bishops’ complicity in white supremacy
Many of us at Call To Action object to the decision of Sojourners Magazine and its editor-in-chief Jim Wallis to retract its August 2020 article “The Catholic Church Has a Visible White-Power Faction.”
Latino Racial Justice Circle and COVID-19: An Interview with Felipe Amin Filomeno
Listen to Felipe Amin Filomeno discuss his work with the Latino Racial Justice Circle in Baltimore, Maryland, which is providing economic aid to Latino families that have lost income due to COVID-19.
Organizing Against Mass Incarceration During COVID-19: An Interview with Angela Butel
Listen to 2019 Re/Generator Angela Butel discuss her work with Oregon DA for the People, the intersections between public health and mass incarceration, her Catholic faith, and more.
Easter reflection
Despite the issues that plague our world and society we must never forget that this world, this creation, is good. Our hope relies on the fact that the one who models the way of openness, Jesus Christ, has been resurrected.