Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
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People’s History: Reneta Webb
“I have great hope… It’s not even a century since Vatican II and we haven't even begun to squeeze the juice out of that.”
People’s History: Jim Sullivan
We can sense Jim’s story interweaving with our salvation story, this story of ongoing creation of the beloved community, of clear vision and hope—a relational story of our interconnectedness with each other and our triune God.
Please Rise
Natalie Lall is a CTA young adult from Kenosha, Wisconsin, the site of unrest following the recent police shooting of a Black man named Jacob Blake. "Please Rise" is a spoken word poem that evokes the Bhagavad Gita, Black Lives Matter, and God's abiding presence within this "threshold moment."
Church Labor
Most of the labor that created and sustains the Catholic Church was and remains unpaid and exploited. It is no coincidence that Catholicism and capitalism mirror each other in their structures.
People’s History: Word Clouds
This week, we encourage you, our community, to reflect on the themes shared by our network of elders. In what way is the Spirit of Vatican II still speaking among us today?
People’s History: Jim Mize
It is one thing to think of the Second Vatican Council as a historical event and another to understand it as a living legacy… It was, and still is, a call for the people of God to re-imagine their own day-to-day practices.
People’s History: Marion Flynn
Perhaps this — the reality of unfulfilled promises — is why Marion now stands with one foot out of the Catholic Church. And perhaps it is exactly why she keeps one foot in — holding out for reforms that have not yet come.
Sojourners: Don’t hide bishops’ complicity in white supremacy
Many of us at Call To Action object to the decision of Sojourners Magazine and its editor-in-chief Jim Wallis to retract its August 2020 article “The Catholic Church Has a Visible White-Power Faction.”
Living Liturgies
This zine is a collection of snapshots of communities who are using Catholic liturgy creatively to bring into being their core beliefs about justice, inclusivity, and right relationship. These communities are deeply Catholic, but exist adjacent to the Roman Catholic hierarchy, in some ways creating something entirely new and in some ways returning to the oldest practices of the tradition.
Food, Water, and Faith During COVID-19: An Interview with Alloys Nyakundi
2019 Re/Generator Alloys Nyakundi is a co-founder of Emmah’s Garden, a nonprofit that helps the people of Nyandoche Ibere in rural western Kenya stay healthy by providing filters for water purification