Bishop Shelton Fabre Archives

Pastoral against racism is starting conversations, healing, bishops told

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 14, 2019

One year after the U.S. bishops approved their pastoral letter against racism, the document is hardly just sitting on a shelf but is the basis for listening sessions in dioceses around the country and is an educational tool for individuals, schools and parishes, the bishops were told Nov. 13.

Indiana Catholics share experiences of racism at listening session

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 27, 2019

It wasn’t easy for Daryl Whitley to stand before a diverse audience of listeners as he prepared to share his experiences of racism.

Bishop: Shootings show ‘all communities are affected by racism’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 8, 2019

Three mass shooting incidents in the United States in the span of a week are now showing that “their emotional impact is resonating, understandably, across the nation,” said Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism. “The effects of the evil and sin, we are all impacted by it.”

More bishops issue statement against Trump tweets on Baltimore

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 3, 2019

Three more U.S. bishops spoke out Aug. 2 on a recent spate of tweets by President Donald Trump against the city of Baltimore.

Backing Catholic action day, bishops call out ‘cruelty’ in policies

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 19, 2019

Though they weren’t present, at least seven U.S. bishops made their views known via statements supporting the July 18 “Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children” near the U.S. Capitol.

At Ohio racism listening session, participants express sorrow and hope

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 27, 2019

Participants at a diocesan listening session on racism in Columbus spoke about hurtful experiences both inside and outside the church, but also expressed optimism about efforts to recognize the problem and respond to it.