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

* Martin Luther King Jr. on Meet the Press (1960)

* Many U.S. congregations are still racially segregated, but things are changing - Pew Research

* List of Popes by Country

* Who Will be the Next Pope? 8 Main Candidates - Italy Start

* World Youth Day 2023

* Catholic Religious Orders

* 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

* Open Wide Our Hearts: US Bishops Pastoral Letter on Racism

* A Brief History on the Catholic Church’s Fight Against Racism

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