As we near the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd and the protests sparked by his killing, former EWTN Radio host Gloria Purvis talks with Our Sunday Visitor about the state of race in the country and in the Church.
Ansel Augustine, executive director of the Office of Cultural Diversity and Outreach for the Archdiocese of Washington, writes that for the Church to begin to heal from the sins of racism, it must embrace the gifts that all people and cultures within
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd and the protests it sparked over racial justice, Chenele Shaw writes that if we truly believe that God has created each of us with equal dignity and respect, then racism
Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne has formed a Racial Justice and Cultural Diversity Commission to guide the archdiocese on issues and initiatives "concerning intercultural competency and the sin of racism."
"As members of the body of Christ, we must continue to break down
Interfaith leaders in Chicago May 2 rallied against racism and rising incidents of violence toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, saying all people deserve fair and equal treatment.
The rally at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago in the city's Uptown neighborhood drew about
As the guilty verdicts were read April 20 in the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd, Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, "could hear the rumble of a collective exhalation" across the
Following the Chauvin verdict, the chairmen of two U.S. bishops' committees prayed God "strengthens us to cleanse our land of the evil of racism, which also manifests in ways that are hardly ever spoken, ways that never reach the headlines."
The May 25,
Although Catholic leaders across the country called the April 20 jury verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial a moment of justice, they also stressed there is still a lot of work to do to move toward healing.
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of Minneapolis
A jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts April 20 for the death of George Floyd, after deliberating for about 10 hours over two days.
Chauvin, 44, was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and
In the days following the March 16 shootings in Atlanta that left eight people dead, including six Asian American women, protests and vigils took place around the country remembering the victims and calling for an end to a growing wave of anti-Asian