Catholic media have the important task of presenting news truthfully and in light of the Gospel values taught by the church, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington told Catholic media professionals June 9.
NCR Connections: There is an abyss in our church, and it is because the bishops, collectively, and other leaders in the church are not listening to the true needs and desires of marginalized communities.
Seventy-two civilians were shot during protests that erupted after a video surfaced on social media showing police beating a man, who died of his injuries.
Expressing his concern about demonstrations taking place in many countries around the world, Pope Francis appealed for nonviolence, dialogue and the guarantee of civil rights.
Across the country, Catholics — responding to the call to stand against police brutality of victims who are Black, Indigenous or people of color — are showing up, educating themselves and engaging in conversations about white supremacy.
Commentary: My social location as a pastoral theologian, social justice advocate and healer is influenced by the necessity of speaking out and being heard. "We are in pain. Do not our Black lives matter?"
Commentary: As we watch the nation in protest try to come to terms with racial injustice, it occurs to me that Black Catholic women, certainly since Vatican II, have resisted the systemic injustice of the U.S. church.
Commentary: By allowing our teachers' agony and sorrow into our hearts, we confront the reality: As whites we too cause their agony and sorrow. This truth must be a source of ongoing, daily conversion.
Commentary: We have heard from a few of our bishops about the need to end racism, and for police violence against Black men to stop. But for the most part, prudence, not prophecy, has seized the episcopate.
