June 11, 2020
Posted by ICTC on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 8:35 AM PDT
Sign of the Times
From Dr. Jeanette Rodriguez, ICTC Director
“ … anger is the passion that moves the will to justice” - Saint Thomas Aquinas
As we continue to live and respond through these painful and challenging times I am reminded of the need for protests and the responsibility of religious people (and people of good will) to stand and speak out with those who are suffering and on the margins. There is always going to be a cost…
- Bryan Massingale,professor of theology at Fordham University and the author of Racial Justice and the Catholic Church,recently spoke to Commonweal Magazine about the racist policies and structures in the country and the Church. I invite you to read (or listen to) the interview here.
“ Your brother’s blood calls to me from below the ground” - Genesis 4:10
I would like to share with you a reflection by a longtime associate of mine, Dr. Justo L. González, Cuban American Methodist historian and theologian. The reflection is titled "I can't breath! No puedo respirar!" (English and Spanish versions below, posted on his public Facebook page on June 7).