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Arts & CulturePoetry
Luke
Our scars pulse with the rage that cannot sound
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
Organizations such as Catholic Relief Services face complications in helping the communities because of the ongoing pandemic restrictions set by local governments.
FaithNews
Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service
The death of Floyd, 46, while in police custody in Minneapolis has triggered demonstrations in central London since late May.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael Sainsbury - Catholic News Service
Despite the pandemic and the mainland Chinese government's disapproval, Catholics in Hong Kong will commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre with special Masses.
Politics & SocietyNews
Christina Lee Knauss - Catholic News Service
Some Catholic businesses have not been immune to violence, vandalism and looting.
 Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, kneels at El Paso's Memorial Park holding a Black Lives Matter sign June 1, 2020. Bishop Seitz and other clergy from the Diocese of El Paso, prayed and kneeled for eight minutes, the time George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was said to have spent under a police officer's knee before becoming unconscious and later dying May 25, 2020. (CNS photo/Fernie Ceniceros, courtesy Diocese of El Paso)
FaithNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Pope Francis expressed his gratitude to the bishops for their pastoral tone in the church’s response to the demonstrations across the country in their statements and actions since the death of George Floyd.”
Demonstrators in Washington gather along the fence surrounding Lafayette Park outside the White House on June 2, 2020. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
FaithFaith
America Staff
A round up of some of the reaction to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.
FaithFaith in Focus
Mario Powell, S.J.
We have been crying out this question for centuries. But we cannot cry it alone anymore.
James Baldwin was the author of The Fire Next Time among other works. He died in 1987 (Photo Credit: Dan Budnik)
Arts & CultureIdeas
Stephen G. Adubato
Baldwin’s words explore what hatred can do not only to society at large but to the individual who bears it.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has said that the pandemic has forced everyone to face the greatest of all fears: the fear of death and dying.
Politics & SocietyNews
Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service
The Northern Ireland Assembly has voted 46-40 to reject as "extreme" the new abortion law passed by the British parliament, which would be binding upon the province.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael Stechschulte, Catholic News Service
By implementing a new "pastoral and governance model" in the near future, the Archdiocese of Detroit hopes to provide a way to better serve the Catholic faithful.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Cardinal Peter Turkson, in commenting on the unrest in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, said that prayer is "the only way we can dignify" his memory and urged that ecumenical prayer services be held as a means to promote healing.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on the Inside the Vatican podcast, the hosts explain how the new contract system aims to stamp out corruption in the Vatican.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.”
A young boy walks past a wall with graffiti urging people to wear face masks in Harare, on May 28. Manhunts have begun after hundreds of people fled quarantine centres in Zimbabwe and Malawi. Authorities worry they will spread COVID-19 in countries whose health systems can be rapidly overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Marko Phiri
As under Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s contemporary political elite continue to trample on civil libertie with what the same disregard of censure from both local moral authorities and international human rights organizations.
Politics & SocietyNews
David Agren - Catholic News Service
The Catholic Church in Mexico is stepping up efforts to assist people who are suffering from the Coronavirus, poverty, and other social assistance issues.
Politics & SocietyNews
Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service
Bishop Declan Lang of Clifton, England, is urging the British government to protest the Chinese government's violations of the 1997 Sino-British Joint Declaration meant to protect democratic freedoms in Hong Kong.
FaithShort Take
Zac Davis
President Trump’s visit to the St. John Paul II National Shrine continues a pattern of using sacred sites for political stunts, writes America associate editor Zac Davis. This is over the line of what the church should tolerate.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Archbishop Paglia told CNS that just as people were called to self-isolate in order to care for one another, racism can only be defeated by people caring for each other.