Chief Cadmus Delorme announced the discovery of up to 751 unmarked graves at the site of the Catholic residential school on its territory, the news coming almost a month after the discovery of 215 children’s bodies buried at another residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia.
In the spotlight: Tiananmen Square anniversary, Tulsa Race Massacre, Our Lady, Undoer of Knots, Naval Academy graduation
The Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the most severe incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, began May 31, 1921, and lasted for two days.
Lift each other up in the midst of trauma, poverty and injustice. That’s the simple but profound advice from the president and CEO of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Floyd’s death “highlighted and amplified the deep need to see the sacredness in all people, but especially those who have been historically oppressed. Whatever the stage of human life, it not only matters, it is sacred.”
Minnesota’s Catholic bishops said in a statement at the close of the trial that they “acutely feel the anxieties in our communities, along with a thirst for justice and a longing for a path to a more peaceful life together as sons and daughters of God.”
As the U.S. marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in April, the Diocese of San Jose, California, issued a statement March 29 in support of those communities, given a spate of crimes throughout the country targeting them.
This book might appeal to Catholics interested in a blend of U.S. presidential history, U.S. church history and the universal Catholic Church — present and future.
