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Emmett Till

People in Raeford, N.C., pray after viewing the body of George Floyd June 6, 2020. Demonstrations continue after a white police officer in Minnesota was caught on a bystander's video May 25 pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, an African American, who was later pronounced dead at a hospital.(CNS photo/Jonathan Drake, Reuters) See FLOYD-PROTESTS-HOMILIES-ROUNDUP June 8, 2020.

Defiantly Catholic

August 25, 2023

Our Church is God’s Church, and we belong to God. Church is the place we go to nurture our faith. It is where we go to be community.

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All Are Welcome

March 1, 2022
Few stories in our country's recent history rattle me quite like the murder of Emmett Till.
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What Is Systemic Racism? 

October 22, 2021
I’ve been hearing the term "systemic racism" used more and more lately, and I’m not sure if I agree with what I am hearing. Can you define what systemic racism is?
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A Catholic Response to Racism: An Interview with Deacon Art Miller

January 29, 2021
No more documents. No more commissions. Deacon Art Miller says what the Church needs to do to confront racism is to act.
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