Talk:Catholic Church and race

Page needs work

There are many errors on this page. The grammar can be convoluted and there seems to be no sense of direction at almost any point throughout the article (I am exaggerating). I agree with the recommendation below that advises us to change the name of the page. I will do my best to add more information in the future.

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Would Catholic Church and racism be a better place for this article? I am hardly an expert on the Catholic Church, but my understanding is that the Catholic Church has historically rejected classical racism. Here are some examples:

• "Pius XI had condemned the materialist theory of racism as a dogmatic error, yet the priest Tiso led a state that boasted of the strictest race law in Europe."
• "The introduction of the racial principle into politics was unacceptable for the Catholic clergy... The publication of the Jewish Code in 1941 therefore marked the beginning of some opposition by Catholic priests to radical antisemitic measures... In a memorandum to leading governmental officials dated 7 October 1941, the bishops expressed their concerns about the racist nature of the Code and their wish to protect several thousand new Catholics who were to be persecuted under its rubric."
• Kornberg, Jacques (2015). The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-2828-1.
• United States Catholic Conference (1977). Brothers and Sisters to Us. USCCB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55586-653-2. buidhe 01:45, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

References

• Paulovičová, Nina (2012). Himka, John-Paul (ed.). Rescue of Jews in the Slovak State (1939–1945) (PhD thesis). Edmonton: University of Alberta. doi:10.7939/R33H33. {{cite thesis}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Ward, James Mace (2013). Priest, Politician, Collaborator: Jozef Tiso and the Making of Fascist Slovakia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-6812-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Adding Content

I am interested in expanding this article to include more information on racism and white supremacy in the US Catholic Church. I have provided a list of some of the sources I would incorporate on my user page if you want to check them out. KaelaWilbur (talk) 01:28, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

KaelaWilbur, Hi, the list of sources on your page looks good but it's not clear to me if all of them are relevant to the Catholic Church. For instance, content relating to Baptists is not relevant to this article, although it would be relevant to an article about Christianity and race. (t · c) buidhe 02:02, 11 September 2020 (UTC)