Catholic News Service podcast hosts Carol Zimmermann and Chaz Muth talk to scholars, bishops and a journalist, all who stress that the involvement of white Americans is essential for successful racial justice.

Catholic News Service podcast hosts Carol Zimmermann and Chaz Muth explore the link between the death penalty and racism.

Catholic News Service podcast hosts Carol Zimmermann and Chaz Muth speak with Sister Helen Pejean -- author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States" -- about the death penalty in the U.S. and how racism is factored into it.

Catholic News Service podcast hosts Chaz Muth and Carol Zimmermann examine why historians believe it's important to understand the history of slavery and racism in the U.S. to comprehend racial struggles in society today.

Catholic News Service podcast hosts Chaz Muth and Carol Zimmermann explore how church leaders are being urged to be champions in helping society confront systemic racism in the systems of criminal justice, education, housing, health care, seminaries and parishes.

Catholic News Service podcast hosts Chaz Muth and Carol Zimmermann take a look at how the leaders of Georgetown University dealt with the Catholic institution's participation in slavery and how they are trying to make amends to the descendants of the people wronged.

Catholic News Service podcast hosts Chaz Muth and Carol Zimmermann examine the role Black women religious played in challenging white supremacy in the church and society.

Catholic News Service podcast hosts Chaz Muth and Carol Zimmermann take a look at the tension between Catholic leaders and the Black Lives Matter movement as they all focus on combatting systemic racism.

Catholic News Service podcast hosts Chaz Muth and Carol Zimmermann examine the lives of Black Catholics in the U.S., from the clergy to parishioners of a predominately Black Catholic congregation, and explore what draws people to the faith, ongoing racism, and segregated churches.

Catholic News Service podcast hosts Chaz Muth and Carol Zimmermann visit a New Jersey Catholic High School, which has set out to engage the student body on the topic of racism, and explore how that effort has evolved during the past six years. Note: Racially offensive language is used in this podcast.