Silence is the Voice of Complicity

Fr. Roy Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest, spoke yesterday about his involvement in work to close the SOA in Georgia, the School of Assassins responsible for training the brutal police forces of South America, sponsored by the U.S. There is a bill coming up to cut off funding to this purpose in the U.S. Support that bill.

But what Fr. Roy has come to understand is that sexism is the root of injustice everywhere, including within our own beloved Roman Catholic Church.

“Tradition” does not justify evil. Jesus called all of us, not only males, and revealed himself to women first. Change will not come from a benevolent Pope or Bishops first. It comes first in the heart of the base community. It was silence that allowed the evils of sex abuse in the church, in our government, and in our families, to continue. Do not silence your conscience. Speak up!




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