Black Catholics for Justice hold walk
Dozens of Catholics gathered at the Cathedral of the Assumption Aug. 15 in prayer prior to a walk for racial justice organized by Black…
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Church leaders urged to take stronger stand against institutionalized racism
By Mike Mastromatteo Catholic News Service TORONTO — The Catholic Church has been caught up in a quagmire of racism in American society, especially in…
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Archbishop prays for justice, peace, healing
During a Mass to celebrate the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Juneteenth, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz prayed for justice, peace and…
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Bishops ‘sickened’ by Floyd’s death, urge racism be met ‘head-on’
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic bishops said May 29 they “are broken-hearted, sickened and outraged to watch another…
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Gomez: Killing of Floyd is a ‘sin that cries out to heaven for justice’
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis “was senseless and brutal, a sin that cries out to heaven for…
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Priest issues challenge at MLK celebration
Father Manuel Williams, a Resurrectionist priest from the Diocese of Mobile, Ala., said African American Catholics are now, as much as ever, in need…
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