Select Page
by bcadmin | Jul 8, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gun violence, News, Ohio, police brutality, Shooting | 0 |
The leadership team of the Sisters of Mercy said July 6 that a police shooting in Ohio in late June and the mass shooting in Illinois on the Fourth of July both “represent patterns of behavior and action that cannot continue to be commonplace.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2022 | Church in the US, diocese of Grand Rapids, lead, Michigan, News, Police, police brutality, Shooting | 0 |
Bishop David Walkowiak of Grand Rapids has asked the community to pray for Patrick Lyoya, his family, and law enforcement after Lyoya was shot and killed by a Grand Rapids police officer following a traffic stop.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 30, 2021 | Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, Dalit Christians, Dalits, India, lead, News, police brutality | 0 |
Catholic leaders in India are demanding answers after the death of a Dalit Catholic woman in custody after she was accused of stealing money from a church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 29, 2021 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, police brutality | 0 |
Following Derek Chauvin’s June 25 sentencing for the murder of George Floyd, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis prayed it would “bring a measure of peace and healing” to Floyd’s family, his friends “and our community.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 11, 2021 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Gang violence, lead, News, police brutality, Slums | 0 |
Catholic activists in Brazil are demanding an independent investigation into the most lethal police operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro, which resulted in the deaths of 28 people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Black Catholics, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, police brutality, Racial justice, Racism | 0 |
As the Twin Cities and the nation continue to absorb events that led to the April 20 guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Minnesota’s Catholic leaders are pointing a way forward: Christ’s example of forgiveness, compassion and thirst for justice.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 24, 2021 | Archdiocese of Portland, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, Oregon, police brutality, Racial justice, Racism | 0 |
Like many Americans nationwide, Oregon Catholics received the April 20 conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin with mixed feelings: consolation, skepticism, resolve.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, police brutality, Racism | 0 |
As closing arguments began April 19 in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda and priests across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offered special Masses “For the Preservation of Peace and Justice.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 16, 2021 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Minnesota, News, police brutality, rosary | 0 |
Father Paul Shovelain, pastor of St. John the Baptist in New Brighton, Minnesota, received the alert about a 7 p.m. curfew on his cellphone April 12 after civil unrest in wake of the police-involved death of a Black man during a traffic stop in nearby Brooklyn Center.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 14, 2021 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Minnesota, News, Police, police brutality | 0 |
After a night of protests and vandalism April 11 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, following the police shooting of Daunte Wright, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis urged prayers for justice and peace.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 9, 2021 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, police brutality, Racial justice | 0 |
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis prayed March 6 for peace and justice in the upcoming trial of a white former city police officer in death of George Floyd, an African American, while in police custody.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 10, 2020 | Abuja, EndSARS, Falz, Folarin Falana, Kaduna, Kano, News, Nigeria, Nigerian protests, police brutality, SARS, Suleiman Abba, The Dispatch, Truth Commission in Nigeria | 0 |
It was meant to be a few hours of peaceful demonstration to call attention to the indignities daily visited, especially, on young people across the country by the now (in)famous Special Armed Robbery Squad (SARS). […]
Read More
Recent Comments