A White Catholic's Guide to Racism and Privilege: Fr. Daniel P. Horan

In the spring and summer of 2020, US cities erupted in protests and racial tensions ran high following several high-profile killings of Black women and men at the hands of white police officers. As America watched and listened, many of us became dislodged from our comfortable assumptions about race.

Growing up, Franciscan friar and priest Fr. Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., never thought much about race, racism, or racial justice except for what he read in history books. His upbringing as a white, middle-class Catholic shielded him from seeing the persistent, pervasive racism all around him. Horan shares what he has since learned about uncovering and combatting racial inequity in our nation and in our Church, urging us to join the fight.

Fr. Daniel Horan, O.F.M., is an award-winning author and professor, a columnist for America magazine, and Director of the Center for Spirituality at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. A Franciscan friar, he holds a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston College. He is the co-host of The Francis Effect podcast.