Category: Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism

Some Catholics stress need for dialogue with Black Lives Matter movement

by bcadmin | Apr 2, 2022 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Black Lives Matter, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, pastoral letter on racism, Racism | 0 |

The Black Lives Matter movement is coming up to its 10th anniversary next year, so it’s hardly in its beginning stages.

From gumbo to barbecue: Louisiana bishop becomes Louisville’s first Black archbishop

by bcadmin | Feb 9, 2022 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, Archdiocese of Louisville, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Church in the US, lead, News, Pope Francis | 0 |

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville on Jan. 8, and appointed Fabre, the bishop of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana as his successor.

Church must work to root out and dismantle racism, bishop says

by bcadmin | May 28, 2021 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Bishop Shelton Fabre, George Floyd, Interviews, lead, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racism | 0 |

A year after George Floyd’s death brought racial injustice to the forefront of American society, Bishop Shelton Fabre hopes it will continue to act as a watershed moment for race relations in America and serve as a catalyst for conversation.

On anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, Catholic leaders say Church must do more

by bcadmin | May 25, 2021 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Bishop Frank Dewane, Church in the US, civil rights, George Floyd, Gloria Purvis, lead, News, Racism | 0 |

When Bishop Roy Campbell considers the Church’s role on issues of race in 2021, he looks back at the civil rights marches of the 1960’s when “a lot of people with collars” marched alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph Abernathy, and others.

Bishops say engage issues of race, for sure, but don’t ‘browbeat’

by bcadmin | Mar 21, 2021 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Bishop Michael Burbidge, Church in the US, lead, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racism | 0 |

When Cardinal Wilton Gregory was Archbishop of Atlanta, he remembers a time a pastor asked if it was OK to address issues of race from the pulpit, to which he answered, “of course you can, and not only can you, you must.”

Tackling racism is difficult work, but it must be done, says Bishop Fabre

by bcadmin | Mar 18, 2021 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archdiocese of Louisville, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Black Catholics, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Racism, USCCB | 0 |

The work it takes to respond to the issue of racism in the church and the wider community is difficult and slow, but it must be done, said Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Hard work, prayer can lead church to overcome racism, Bishop Fabre says

by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2020 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Black Catholics, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Racial justice, Racism, US bishops, USCCB | 0 |

The response of Catholics to racism and racial injustice can lead to a watershed moment “if we put in the work we can do and put in the effort that needs to be undertaken,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism.

Bishops urge Congress to address better police training, accountability

by bcadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Paul Coakley, Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Committee on Migration, George Floyd, News, police brutality, Protests, Racial justice, Racism, USCCB | 0 |

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.

Louisiana bishop: ‘People are losing their lives because of racism’

by bcadmin | May 31, 2020 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, Minneapolis, News, police brutality, Racism, USCCB | 0 |

The bishop who heads the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism said the May 25 death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police “reminds us that people are losing their lives because of racism.”

Three U.S. bishops condemn racism in context of COVID-19 pandemic

by bcadmin | May 7, 2020 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Bishop Nelson J. Perez, Bishop Oscar A. Solis, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, US bishops, USCCB | 0 |

The chairmen of three boards of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have issued a joint statement expressing their deep concern about incidents of racism and xenophobia against Americans of Asian and Pacific Island heritage amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Children’s book inspired by pastoral teaches lessons in overcoming racism

by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2020 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Books, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, News, USCCB | 0 |

“Everyone Belongs,” a new children’s book published by the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism and Loyola Press, “is a book about recognizing the image of God in all people, valuing our differences, righting wrongs and forgiveness,” said the ad hoc committee’s chairman.