George Floyd Archives

Call for prayers for healing for Floyd family, community follows sentencing

Jun 29, 2021

Following Derek Chauvin’s June 25 sentencing for the murder of George Floyd, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis prayed it would “bring a measure of peace and healing” to Floyd’s family, his friends “and our community.”

By Joe Ruff

Church must work to root out and dismantle racism, bishop says

May 28, 2021

A year after George Floyd’s death brought racial injustice to the forefront of American society, Bishop Shelton Fabre hopes it will continue to act as a watershed moment for race relations in America and serve as a catalyst for conversation.

By John Lavenburg

Community still feels impact of Floyd’s murder, related events a year later

May 27, 2021

Last summer, protests focused on racial justice and police reform followed George Floyd’s death in the Twin Cities and around the country. Rioting also broke out in St. Paul and Minneapolis and other U.S. cities.

By Joe Ruff

On anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, Catholic leaders say Church must do more

May 25, 2021

When Bishop Roy Campbell considers the Church’s role on issues of race in 2021, he looks back at the civil rights marches of the 1960’s when “a lot of people with collars” marched alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph Abernathy, and others.

By John Lavenburg

By pledging $100 million for slave descendants, Jesuits are ‘owning’ their history

May 4, 2021

For two descendants of slaves sold by the Jesuits in the 19th century, George Floyd’s death at the hands of disgraced Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last May served as a reminder of what their ancestors endured, and how far the country still has to go.

By John Lavenburg

Church called to lead the difficult work of overcoming structural racism

Apr 29, 2021

As the guilty verdicts were read April 20 in the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd, Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, “could hear the rumble of a collective exhalation” across the New Orleans campus.

By Dennis Sadowski

Minneapolis Catholics continue prayers, reflection after Chauvin verdict

Apr 27, 2021

As the Twin Cities and the nation continue to absorb events that led to the April 20 guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Minnesota’s Catholic leaders are pointing a way forward: Christ’s example of forgiveness, compassion and thirst for justice.

By Joe Ruff

Chauvin verdict prompts calls for soul-searching in Portland, Oregon

Apr 24, 2021

Like many Americans nationwide, Oregon Catholics received the April 20 conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin with mixed feelings: consolation, skepticism, resolve.

By Catholic Sentinel staff