A tweet from President Donald Trump drew a wave of shock and outrage from friends of Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old activist who was shoved to the ground by Buffalo police during a protest outside City Hall.
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Vatican prelate calls fences around White House ‘unacceptable’ at vigil for George Floyd
During his homily, Cardinal Kevin Farrell pointed to the “distorted way of thinking” that can sometimes lead Christians “to identify with only one side, distancing ourselves from those who belong to the other side.
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Canadian archbishop: Fight against racism needs ‘personal change of heart’
The Catholic bishops of Canada, in commenting on the protests over George Floyd’s death, are acknowledging that racism isn’t just a U.S. problem, but a Canadian problem as well.
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More Catholic bishops, laity join in ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests
As the protests over the death of George Floyd continued, more and more Catholic clergy are joining in, lending their voices in demanding justice and human rights.
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Readers react: Racial justice in America
Excerpts from reader comments on race in our country and our church.
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Bishop from Botswana writes farewell letter to friend George Floyd
Bishop Frank Nubuasah of Gaborone, Botswana, said he met Floyd in the early 1990s at a baseball game in Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, when Floyd was on a trip there.
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Fordham’s Bryan Massingale: White Catholics need to sit with the discomfort of systemic racism
“Let it be agonizing, let it be overwhelming because frankly it’s agonizing for me, too. It’s overwhelming for me, too,” Father Bryan Massingale said.
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An open letter to my fellow white Americans
Most of us believe in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a country where people are “judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” But we do not live in such a country, not yet anyway, Matt Malone, S.J. writes.
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Hundreds line up for George Floyd’s memorial in Houston
Before Floyd’s casket arrived, workers outside the church assembled a large floral arrangement with white roses on one side in the shape of a heart and with the initials “BLM,” for Black Lives Matter.
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When protest becomes prayer
How can I pontificate about Christ’s presence with those who suffer and not put my body where Christ’s is?