Tag: George Floyd
Some Catholics believe the church should look to collaborate with the...
WASHINGTON -- The Black Lives Matter movement is coming up to its 10th anniversary next year, so it's hardly in its beginning stages.
It remains...
Father Joseph Brown: Priest-poet cites hospitality as key to address social...
Jesuit Father Joseph Brown wields a lot of influence in a creative medium he regards as a form of play.
Father Brown, professor of Africana...
One year later: Prayers for healing, justice mark anniversary of George...
WASHINGTON -- George Floyd's death while in police custody a year ago left "a hole in the hearts of his family and friends" and...
After Chauvin verdict, Minnesota bishops urge faithful to follow example of...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- As the Twin Cities and the nation continue to absorb events that led to the April 20 guilty verdict of...
Calls for soul-searching in Portland, Ore., follow Derek Chauvin verdict
PORTLAND, Ore. — Like many Americans nationwide, Oregon Catholics received the April 20 conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin with mixed feelings:...
We must acknowledge that this is who we are: Effie Caldarola
In 1919, a mob of several thousand people dragged a Black man named Will Brown from an Omaha courthouse. He had been accused of...
Minnesota faith leaders pray for peace, justice during upcoming trial of...
MINNEAPOLISÂ -- Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis prayed March 6 for peace and justice in the upcoming trial of a...
New Orleans’ Norman C. Francis Parkway is an act of justice:...
The people we choose to honor in public spaces matter.
As such, thousands rejoiced on Jan. 1, 2021, when New Orleans' Jefferson Davis Parkway officially...
WATCH: Online forums explore how racism impacts every aspect of life...
When George Floyd died at the hands of four police officers in Minnesota in late May, Father John Hynes and Deacon Ken Pulliam both...
One of those ‘driveway moments’ was more than a respite for...
I think we've all had "driveway moments." That's when your favorite song comes on the car radio as you arrive home and you linger...