In 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o'clock on Sunday morning.” Not much has changed since. However, if the Church is supposed to be a place where we learn how to empathize with others, if it’s supposed to reflect Heaven, then the Church ought to be the most integrated institution? In continuation of our series on “One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church,” Justin Hibbard surveys the broad diversity of the Catholic Church.
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SHOW NOTES:
Full body cam footage of George Floyd arrest (Viewer Discretion Advised)
Demonstrations and Political Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020 - ACLED
Many U.S. congregations are still racially segregated, but things are changing - Pew Research
Hope for the Future of Ecumenicism by John Coleman - America, the Jesuit Review
Black Catholics’ Experience of Segregation - Catholic Standard
What Must Never Be Forgotten by Shannen Dee Williams, PhD. - USCCB
A Brief History on the Catholic Church’s Fight Against Racism
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