Seven Catholic Bishops occupying important social justice positions in the chair of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the United States of America have issued a statement in the wake of the gruesome killing of George Floyd. The Bishops Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism; Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, chairman of the Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs; David G. O’Connell, auxiliary bishop of Los…
In a few years of my life as a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, I have lived with many brothers from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. In my prenovitiate year, I had a French community superior. In my novitiate year, I had a Polish and an Italian novice masters. In my eight years of Scholasticate, I had a Polish and an Italian superiors again. I also studied with brothers from different…
Watching the gruesome asphyxiation of George Floyd says a lot about being black in the USA. I know racism is a very delicate matter and that one can’t define society by the actions of a few individuals or a given class of citizens. Yet, police brutality and the gruesome killing of blacks in America are now something else. And even though George Floyd’s death is not an isolated case, the spectacular way…
