Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "When Charleston Emanuel AME Church Was Advocating for Abolition, South Carolina's Cath Bishops Were Owning Slaves"

Another tweet for the day: 

When Charleston Emanuel AME church was advocating for abolition, South Carolina's Cath bishops were owning slaves individually & as diocese

— Katie Grimes (@KatieMGrimes) June 18, 2015

Catholics, including Catholic bishops and popes, can have moral blind spots, it appears, even when — as with Laudato Si' and its moving message about ecology (but disturbing obtuseness on matters of gender) — those church leaders have important things to tell us.

History teaches. When we're prepared to listen and learn.