“All these people came to see my brother,” Philones Floyd told the crowd at the memorial in awe as he recounted their childhoods playing catch and eating banana-mayonnaise sandwiches.

“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.”

A round up of some of the reaction to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.

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.

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.

Here are five ways for Catholics to deepen their commitment to working against racism.