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Church leaders in India condemn deaths of father, son after police beatings

Jul 3, 2020

Four police officers have been arrested over the deaths in custody of a father and son who were detained for keeping their mobile phone shop open during coronavirus lockdown in southern India, police said Thursday.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Respect, understanding can defeat racism, bigotry, Archbishop Gregory says

Jul 2, 2020

While America grapples with racism and bigotry and other social ills, Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said people must reach out to one another, learn about others different from themselves and rediscover that all religions teach that hatred is wrong.

By Richard Szczepanowski

Catholic educators urged to be “prisoners of prophetic hope”

Jul 2, 2020

A full month of protests around the United States and the world is evidence that “many people are hungry to end the moral pandemic of systemic, interlocking injustices … many people aspire to heal the nation and expand the quest for democracy, human freedom, and human dignity.”

By Nick Mayrand

Place to start for addressing racial injustice is apology, professor says

Jun 28, 2020

As solidarity around the death of George Floyd and police brutality in America grows, young people all over the world continue to join together, their efforts for social justice arguably a spiritual mission.

By Betty Araya

Panelists: With police abolition come added corrective societal measures

Jun 27, 2020

The calls to “abolish the police” did not begin with the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Instead, they simply picked up steam.

By Mark Pattison

Bishops urge Congress to address better police training, accountability

Jun 25, 2020

The chairmen of three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees have called for “better practices for formation and accountability for police” in a joint letter to all members of Congress.

By Catholic News Service