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Amid racial tensions, US bishops search for healing and peace
Race relations, racism, and violence were on the mind of the United States bishops during their fall general assembly in... Read more
The role of Catholics in fighting police aggression
C. Matthew Hawkins stood frozen with fear as the update crackled through the police car radio: the suspect in question... Read more
What a Charlotte priest will tell his flock after a fatal police shooting
Father Patrick Winslow is a priest at a Catholic church in Charlotte’s University City neighborhood. Read more
How Baltimore's Catholics are still working to heal their communities
After the Justice Department issued a scathing rebuke of Baltimore’s policing abuses, local Catholic leaders maintained it must be a... Read more
Racial tensions spark day of prayer, peace task force with US bishops
After several shootings and increased racial tensions around the country, the head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops... Read more
Only Christ offers answers in our violent world, Baton Rouge bishop says
Jesus Christ’s triumph over death, despair and hate should move us forward after a deadly attack on law enforcement officers... Read more
What's missing from the national conversation on race, violence, and lethal force? You.
In the wake of last week’s horrific deaths of Dallas police officers Brent Thompson, Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith,... Read more
Be healers in a hurting world, Catholic bishops say after shootings
Amid tensions following two high profile police shootings of African-Americans and the subsequent killing of police in Dallas, Catholic bishops... Read more
How the US bishops believe America can overcome racial violence
The head of the U.S. bishops’ conference pledged support for reconciliation and healing efforts in areas around the country that... Read more
For Catholics in West Baltimore, the only answer to violence is community
After unrest erupted in Baltimore following the death of 25 year-old Freddie Gray, Catholics stepped up to restore their communities... Read more
Baltimore archbishop: With God, a broken city can heal
After both peaceful protests and violent riots following the death of an African American man in the custody of the... Read more
The fight for human dignity - how MLK speaks to ISIS, abortion
The ongoing legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is that every human life is sacred and must be protected... Read more
What the Church can do about the powder keg of US racial tensions
Beneath the ongoing unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, are deep-rooted societal conflicts that are boiling over, say local leaders, and the... Read more
Reject 'false hope' of violence, archbishop implores after Ferguson ruling
The Archbishop of St. Louis rejected violent responses to a grand jury’s decision not to indict a Ferguson police officer... Read more
