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July 18, 2016

Healing racial divides starts with dialogue, black bishops say

Retired Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, is pictured in a 2010 photo. When he was growing up in segregated Baton Rouge, La. the threat of being pulled over by police and arrested for something that even "hinted of going beyond the status quo" was very real, the bishop said in an interview.

WASHINGTON – The threat of being pulled over by police and arrested for something that even "hinted of going beyond the status quo," was very real to retired Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, when he was growing up in segregated Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Published in International
July 11, 2016

Pray for healing of community divisions, archbishop says in response to police shooting death

Deacon Phil Stewart looks on as Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis reads a prayer during a July 8 Mass for peace and justice at the Cathedral of St. Paul. The Mass was offered in response to the July 6 shooting death of St. Paul, Minn., resident Philando Castile by a police officer.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis focused on the need for unity and healing in the Twin Cities and country during a Mass for peace and justice July 8.

Published in International