Eradicating White Supremacy in the Church in America

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The only alternative to the problem, that I can think of, is to avoid all thoughts of heritage (burn your family trees, do not participate in cultural events, etc…).
 
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The heritage issue I am discussing…

Was this not the problem in Israel at times. Probably much so during the time of Isaiah when he warned of God’s justice (Assyrians and Babylonian exiles).

We should probably remind ourselves of this when we pray the Sanctus during the Preface Acclamation.

Is this not the sin that breaks down the local Church? We are the New Israel.
 
I agree with everything posted here. However, I do feel this is more of an issue in some Protestant and Eastern Orthodox circles in America where they tend to have homogeneous congregations.

The OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of Catholic parishes have not been homogeneous for decades.

NOTE: I’m not saying there are not individual Catholics who have this terrible view, however, a White Supremacist would most likely not feel comfortable in the typical Catholic parish.

Regardless - all forms of racism needs to be eradicated from the Earth.
 
Bon_Croix said:
So, we can love our heritage, correct? But, we can’t be partial in love.
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Love Christ. He is your heritage.
What your earthly country/culture does in accordance with Christ, love.
What your earthly country/culture does against Christ (or worse, against Christ but falsely in his name), abhor.
Bon_Croix said:
The only alternative to the problem, that I can think of, is to avoid all thoughts of heritage (burn your family trees, do not participate in cultural events, etc…).
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In some sense, that’s not off. Consider Jesus’s words in Matthew 10:35, in light of the answer above.
 
Arkansan said:
The notion that “white supremacy” (whatever that is) is pervasive today is most certainly a paranoid delusion. This is obvious.
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Count me among the deluded then. Bigotry, including racial bigotry, is alive and well.
TheAmazingGrace said:
Stronger might not be the right word - I’d say “emboldened.” Part of it is the wide dissemination of information via the internet, making it easier for white supremacists to connect with people of like mind, as well as increasing their visibility.
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Indeed. Not that there are more of them but that they can get together and make a louder noise.
Maximilian75 said:
Because those regions are still Mission territory for the most part… It makes sense there would be less Catholics, and therefore priests, and therefore cardinals, and therefore Popes from those regions.
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We can’t count the entire non-Italian world as mission territory.
goodcatholic said:
And a Kiwi Pope would be just grand !! 🙂

How about a Maori one!
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Sounds good to me. 🙂
 
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I never said as such. I was simply explaining that expecting to have an African or non-vietnamese/Philipino Asian pope would be unrealistic, considering the fact that these territories (Asia and Africa) until recently, were very much mission territory (and still are to an extent)
 
Zaccheus said:
We can’t count the entire non-Italian world as mission territory.
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The last 3 Popes have not been Italian. One of the reasons most Bishops of Rome have been Italian is because it was much harder to travel once upon a time, and the majority of Cardinals were Italian. But as the College of Cardinals grew internationally, that has changed. I seriously doubt we will see another Italian Pope within our lifetimes.
 
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@Maximilian75 I stand corrected.

@Phil19034 also.
 
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Are you daft? Are you trying to say the above mentioned groups don’t harm other people? You must be one of the above mentioned.
 
We humans are not capable of eradicating evil. God alone, is capable. God could have eradicated the Devil, but chose not to.

To say that racism and supremacism should be “eradicated” is fool-hardy. Free will is a natural right, and some will always choose evil. To “eradicate” that choice is to eradicate what it means to be human.

As Christians, we are called to a much more difficult task, to convert the evildoer through charity. Love the enemy. Evil cannot be destroyed, only repented.
 
runningdude said:
We humans are not capable of eradicating evil. God alone, is capable. God could have eradicated the Devil, but chose not to.

To say that racism and supremacism should be “eradicated” is fool-hardy. Free will is a natural right, and some will always choose evil. To “eradicate” that choice is to eradicate what it means to be human.

As Christians, we are called to a much more difficult task, to convert the evildoer through charity. Love the enemy. Evil cannot be destroyed, only repented.
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Thank you. However, I guess didn’t make my point clear enough. I agree with everything you write here, and did not mean anything different.

My point is, if we look at everyone as being made in the Image of God, then racism would end.

BTW - I do think that most of the “racism” that people think exists in the world really isn’t racism, but rather “classism.” I think far more people are subject to classism instead of racism. (Not that classism is much better than racism)

God Bless
 
Apache75 said:
Are you daft? Are you trying to say the above mentioned groups don’t harm other people?
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I’m still not sure what groups you’re referring to, since you’ve repeatedly refused to say which groups you’re referring to. I highly suspect that whichever ones you have in mind don’t in fact inflict physical harm on people.
 
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