police brutality

Nigerian bishops back #EndSARS protests against police brutality
- Oct 20, 2020
Several Nigerian bishops, including the head of the bishops’ conference, have criticized police attacks that have left at least 10 protesters dead and hundreds injured. The bishops say the protests are symptomatic of ongoing corruption issues in the country.

By Peter Ajayi Dada
Louisville archbishop says all must now work together ‘for racial justice’
- Sep 25, 2020
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville in a statement Sept. 23 said people should now “come together to work for racial justice,” whatever their reaction is to decisions by the grand jury and the office of Kentucky’s attorney general in the March 13 fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor by police.

By Catholic News Service
Archbishop Listecki prays for justice during visit to Wisconsin city
- Aug 28, 2020
Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki prayed for peace and healing at several damaged sites during a visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, the scene of four nights of demonstrations following the police shooting of a Black man.

By Dennis Sadowski

Cardinal Dolan: Broad criticism of NYPD unfairly tarnishes police officers
- Jul 3, 2020
Utilizing personal stories from his interactions with the New York Police Department, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a newspaper column that the city’s police officers deserve better treatment and broad support on the job.

By Catholic News Service
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
Uncertain times are a call to build a better world, bishop tells police
- Jun 28, 2020
As tensions continue to mount in the United States, law enforcement, police officers and first responders should not be disheartened and work to better themselves in service to their local community, said Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas.

By Junno Arocho Esteves