Tag: Racism
An opportunity to listen and learn beyond Lent
Lent invites not only prayer and fasting, but a deeper discipline of speech. At a time of rising division, Pope Leo XIV’s call to listen and learn speaks directly to university life.
Simcha Fisher: Finally, religious liberty for (white) Americans
American Catholics were jubilant recently over a new religious freedom guidance issued by the Trump administration. Some of it is fine, as far as I can see. I just wanted to establish that the guidelines are absolutely guaranteed to be abused.
“Am I Racist?” deconstructs the anti-racism movement with honesty and humour
“Am I Racist?” follows Walsh as he puts himself into the shoes of a progressive male on a journey to find out what makes him racist and how, if at all possible, he can shed his white privilege to “balance out systemic inequity”.
Kevin Donnelly: Liberal Arts will outlast the academy’s decay
While published in 1995, Christopher Lasch in The Revolt of the Elites makes a number of prescient points about what is now known as cancel-culture. Years before neo-Marxist-inspired critical theory become the new orthodoxy Lasch warned about how minority groups were challenging Western societies. Lasch writes in relation to American colleges and universities: “Having discredited […]
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Dr Kevin Donnelly: Time to walk the walk
Since the black American George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in May this year and the global emergence of the neo-Marxist inspired Black Lives Matter...
The 24th Review: Worst of US culture is brought to life
The historical drama, The 24th is the rare production of its kind that plays out like a horror film. The story succeeds best in...
Simcha Fisher: Mental Health according to Mel Brooks
A classic comedy is an unlikely treasure trove of wisdom
You know the phrase "It's never your successful friends posting the inspirational quotes?" This is...
The destructive blindness of #BlackLivesMatter
And so the bonds between us are destroyed. In place of a cohesive society, with common habits, symbols and traditions, we are reduced to membership of fragmented groups defined by racial and gender identities that inevitably conflict with one another
Pope Francis calls US bishop in support
Texas Bishop gets surprise call after he 'took a knee' in solidarity with protests.
Pope prays for George Floyd, addresses riots
https://youtu.be/Ou2owd-efm4
Racism a sin against life, says Pope
Observing with great concern the social unrest unfolding in the United States, Pope Francis said no one can...
Vatican head: Racism a spiritual virus
Amid pandemics of COVID-19 and racism, the US has lost its vocation of helping says archbishop.



















