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
To honor Rev. King, ‘deepen’ commitment to work for justice, bishops urge
Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, “we need to ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to build the culture of love, respect and peace to which the Gospel calls us,” the U.S. bishops’ Administrative Committee said March 28.
Archbishop calls for renewed focus on Rev. King’s call to nonviolence
The upcoming 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. prompted Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori to write a pastoral letter on the civil rights leader’s principles of nonviolence.
How might we Catholics celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday?
As Catholics, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., we can join others in generous acts of volunteer service on what has become known as the national Martin Luther King Day of Service.