
Pope Francis and NBA Players Discuss Social Justice in Vatican Meeting
Pope Francis requested the meeting last week because he wanted to learn more about the American athletes’ social justice advocacy.
Pope Francis requested the meeting last week because he wanted to learn more about the American athletes’ social justice advocacy.
Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald, who lives in retirement in a parish in Liverpool, England, said that members of his religious community were following the worldwide protests after George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis May 25.
The Church offers guidance on how to maintain the common good in society while also safeguarding individual liberties as a basis for any significant discussion about law enforcement reform.
Bishop Checchio emphasized the dignity of all human persons, noting that every person is made in the image and likeness of God.
EDITORIAL: As a conversation is occurring in the public square and on city streets, perhaps it should truly begin in the heart.
Civil-rights leader Alveda King addresses the George Floyd killing and aftermath.
Across the U.S., many Catholics are trying to witness to peace on all sides of protests and riots following the police-related killings of African Americans.
COMMENTARY: Catholics should be on the front lines of the fight for justice, beginning in the front pews, protesting devoutly before God.
Church teachings condemning racism and upholding the dignity of every human person must be taken to heart, they stress.
COMMENTARY: The most valuable thing the Catholic Church can do — in good times and bad — is to preach the Kingdom, and give witness to the existence of heaven, which will never pass away.
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