FoC 126: Why Catholics Need to Care About Racism with Gloria Purvis

In today’s episode we are diving in to an important topic that makes a lot of people uncomfortable to talk about: racism. Racism is not merely a political talking point, it’s an evil condemned by the Church. Our political narrative would have you believe that fighting abortion is for the right and fighting racism is for the left, but our Catholic faith begs to differ. Today we’re benefiting from the wisdom of Gloria Purvis about the experience of black Catholics, racism in modern America (yes, even from Catholics), and how we as Catholics should respond to racism.

Gloria Purvis is a Catholic convert (she shares the story in the episode and it is a GOOD one), a Cornell University grad, the creator of EWTN series Authentically Free at Last, and the host of the radio show Morning Glory. She’s also served on the National Black Catholic Congress’ Leadership Commission on Social Justice and was an Advisory Board Member on the Maryland Catholic Conference’s Respect for Life Department. We’ve been following her on Twitter for years and we’re so thrilled to get a chance to talk to her on the podcast.

In this episode we dive into the problem with making an idol out of your political party, the importance of Black Lives Matter, and the presence of racism in the Catholic world both on and off line. We talk about the need for Catholics to actively oppose racism and to ask the Holy Spirit to help us root out the sin of racism in our own hearts. Gloria is so engaging, wise, and inspiring. It’s a great conversation!

Things we talked about:

What’s missing from the national conversation about race, violence, and lethal force? You.: Catholic News Agency

Pro-lifers urged to build stronger relationships with African-Americans: Crux News

How to connect with Gloria:

* Twitter* Facebook* Instagram

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