God will not intervene to end the crisis of gun violence without our help, writes Bishop Edward K. Braxton, who offers steps for the faithful to listen, learn, think, pray and act.
Edward K. Braxton
The Most Rev. Edward K. Braxton is the Bishop of Belleville, Ill., and a leading Catholic commentator on the racial divide in the United States.
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How can Catholics help bridge our nation’s racial divide?
Every individual, organization, institution and structure in the church must do something to counter the intensification of the racial divide in our country.
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Do we have to choose between ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘All Lives Matter’?
Bishop Braxton: African-Americans face ‘existential threats that must not be ignored.’
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What can the Catholic Church learn from #BlackLivesMatter?
“Sadly, I personally know black Catholics whose personal experience has led them to believe that their black lives do not really matter to the church.”
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Imagining a church that reflects the diversity of its people
An invitation to white Catholics to use their imagination to enter into a role-reversal narrative.
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There Are No Minority Americans
One night recently I was visiting with a group of friends and listening to the music of Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, John Coltrane and Ray Charles. Our conversation about African-American culture turned to a thought-provoking question: Why do more and more African-Americans reject the c