Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio referred in his statement to the call to action from Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman, one of six Black Catholic women and men proposed for sainthood.
Catholics ‘must act’ for racial justice to honor MLK, says USCCB president
Thousands honor memory, social justice advocacy of Archbishop Fiorenza
“He was a man who inspired me with his humbleness and patience, with his sense of justice for the most disadvantaged,” Archbishop Fiorenza’s executive administrative assistant said.
Visit to memorials expands high school students’ civil rights views
Local high school students and chaperones from four Minnesota parishes visited civil rights museums and memorials in Montgomery and Selma that told the stories of slavery to modern-day racism.
Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on 2020 citizenship census question
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments in April about the Trump administration’s push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census and its decision will come just in the nick of time, since the Census Bureau needs to begin printing forms for the every-10 years-questionnaire this summer.