The Catholic Church and the Navajo Nation stand together in opposition to the execution of Lezmond Mitchell because it, like the racism which brought his death sentence to pass, erodes the sanctity of human life, writes Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy.
The Black Lives Matter movement is an opportunity for Latino Catholics to express solidarity. “Tu lucha es mi lucha,” or "your struggle is my struggle,” write Adrienne Alexander and Michael N. Okińczyc-Cruz.