Anti-Slavery

Words of Wisdom from Abraham Lincoln on His Birthday

By Catherine Salgado, PJ Media, February 12, 2023 Words of Wisdom from Abraham Lincoln on His BirthdayOn Feb. 12, 1809, a boy was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. No one could have predicted at the time that he would rise from poverty to the presidency, from the log cabin to the White House;... read more

DO WHITE CHRISTIANS DESERVE REPARATIONS?

Catholic League president Bill Donohue questions the legitimacy of reparations By Bill Donohue, Catholic League, July 15, 2021 The idea that the ancestors of slaves are owed reparations is based on the notion that white people owe black people money today because dead white people mistreated... read more

The uncomfortable history of Catholics and slavery

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion, Our Sunday Visitor, January 2, 2020The birds are coming home to roost. Georgetown University, this country’s first Catholic college, and first Jesuit institution of higher learning, is considering ways to make reparations for its involvement in slavery a century and a... read more

‘I make no apology for it’: Oklahoma state congressman compares abolishing abortion to abolishing slavery

By Cassandra Sweetman, Nexstar Media Wire, April 8, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – An Oklahoma House member came under fire Wednesday for making a comment some are calling racially insensitive, comparing abortion and slavery. Rep. Jim Olsen was introducing his bill, SB 612, which would... read more

Slavery, Racism and the Church

By Paul de Lacvivier, The Remnant, July 22, 2020 I am always surprised to note how often mediocrity is praised as though it were absolute truth. Today it is racism, tomorrow it is democracy, the next day it is eco-theology. It never ends. On the racism front, the time has come to make clear... read more

Is ‘Unplanned’ the ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ of Our Era?

COMMENTARY: The parallels between the two are too interesting to ignore. By Nicholas Healy, Apr. 14, 2019 In the 1850s the nation was roiled by the issue of slavery. There had been major political compromises regarding slavery both in the nation’s founding documents and in subsequent... read more

Catholic cardinal calls mass migration ‘a new form of slavery,’ says Bible shouldn’t be used to promote it

By Adam Shaw, Fox News, A top African cardinal of the Catholic Church branded mass migration a “new form of slavery” and said those who seek to use the Bible to promote migration are pushing a “false" interpretation of the scriptures. “It is a false exegesis to use the Word of God... read more

HISTORIC: Catholic Church Nears Canonization Of The First Black American Saint

Father Augustus Tolton By PAUL BOIS, March 18, 2019 The Catholic Church stands on the cusp of making history by canonizing the first black American saint, who is also the first black American priest: former runaway slave Father Augustus Tolton. "A nine-member theological commission at the... read more

Nigerian Christian community mourns Boko Haram kidnapping

By Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Service, February 28, 2018 With 110 girls still missing after terrorist group Boko Haram attacked a technical college in Nigeria last week, a priest in the region says “deep sorrow has descended on the once sleepy…town.” Based in northeastern... read more

Commentary: We must let go of the grudges from slavery

By W.F. Twyman Jr. Some time ago, a relative forged another family member’s will, causing a cousin, the rightful heir, to lose all. I did all that I could to right the wrong. Eventually, the crime was exposed and my cousin was able to come into his rightful inheritance. Even so, I never talked... read more

Christians Must Stand Against Racism and with Christ

Written By Jonathon Clay de Hale In the wake of the violent confrontation and death in Charlottesville, Virginia, the response of the church seems curiously one-sided. For example, one of my friends, a pastor, expressed his sadness and anger about the events and that he was grateful for those... read more