Scripture Says
Found in Genesis 1:27, this Latin-named doctrine is the "patient zero" for equality, stating all are made in God's image. (5,3) (5,2,3)
What is Imago Dei or Image of God?
In his 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis famously relates racism to a certain biological entity that "mutates quickly" and "goes into hiding." (5)
What is a virus?
This CST principle states, because all are made in God's image, racism is a sacrilege that robs humans of their inherent worth. (5,7)
What is Human Dignity?
Pope John XXIII wrote Pacem in Terris (1963) just months after this nuclear standoff, realizing that racial global tensions could lead to total war. (5,7,6)
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This "colourful" 20th-century practice involved drawing literal lines on maps to deny mortgages to Māori or minority neighborhoods. (3,6)
What is Red lining?
In Galatians 3:28, St. Paul famously declares that in Christ, there is neither 'this ethno-racial distinction,' slave nor free, male nor female. (3,3,5)
What is Jew and/nor Greek?
Issued in 1979 by the U.S. Bishops, this pastoral letter was the first to explicitly define racism as a "sin" and a "radical evil." (8,3,7,2,2)
What is Brothers and Sisters to Us?
Describes the firm determination to see all "races" as one human family. (10)
What is Solidarity?
The U.S. Bishops issued Brothers and Sisters to Us in 1979 as a response to the "backsliding" of progress a decade after this 1960s movement. (5,6,8)
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
The NZCBC notes that this occurs when the rising cost of housing in Māori communities forces long-term residents out. (14)
What is gentrification?
This famous parable was told by Jesus specifically to challenge racial-religious prejudices against a certain group from the north of Judea. (7,2,3,4,9)
What is the Parable of the Good Samaritan?
This 1963 encyclical by Pope St. John XXIII was a milestone for racial justice, declaring that any theory of racial differentiation is "not even a little bit" consistent with right reason. (5,2,6) (5,2,5)
What is Pacem in Terris or Peace on Earth?
This principle suggests problems like local discrimination are best handled by the most competent at that specific level first. (12)
What is Subsidiarity?
In 1937, Pope Pius XI had to smuggle a document into this country via bike and briefcase to condemn the "Aryan" racial ideology of the Nazis. (7)
What is Germany?
In Catholic Social Teaching, when personal prejudices become "crystallised" into legal or economic systems, they are known by this theological term. (10,2,3) (10,3)
What are Structures of Sin or Structural Sin?
In the Book of Revelation, John sees a vision of a "blank" that no one could count, coming from every nation, tribe, and language. (5,9)
What is a great multitude?
In the 1990 NZCBC statement "Aroha noa i te iwi," New Zealand Catholic Bishops emphasised the duty to uphold this 1840 founding document of the nation. (2,6,1,8) (3,6,2,8)
What is Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi)?
Demands priority for those most harmed by racial and socioeconomic gaps. (12,6,3,3,4)
What is the Preferential Option for the Poor?
Pope Francis’s Fratelli Tutti (2020) was written during this event, which he argued "exposed" the racial and economic inequities of our world. (5,2,8)
What is the COVID-19 Pandemic?
This type of "Bias" occurs when automated systems, like hiring algorithms or credit scoring, produce racially skewed results without human input. (11,4) (8,4)
What is Algorithmic Bias or Implicit Bias?
In the Book of Acts, this Apostle has a vision of "unclean" animals and concludes, "God shows no partiality" (or "God has no favorites"). (2,5)
Who is St. Peter?
This 2018 USCCB letter, titled with a "heart" reference, specifically addressed the "ugly" history of systemic racism in housing and the criminal justice system. (4,4,3,6)
What is Open Wide Our Hearts?
Describes the sum total of social conditions that allow all people to flourish. (6,4)
What is the Common Good?
The 19th-century Church’s response to racism and slavery was complicated by this "ism." In other words, "the forced expansion of European powers into Africa and the Pacific." (11) (11)
What is Colonialism or Imperialism?
This 19th-century NZ legislation was used to "legally" strip millions of acres of land from iwi, creating a structural wealth gap that persists today. (3,7,11,3
What is the New Zealand Settlements Act (1863)?