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Op-Ed: How religious leaders are preaching about racism and police brutality amid unrest
As demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, local religious leaders have tried to help congregants understand the unfolding crisis. What follows are edited excerpts from some of their sermons and speeches.
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U.S. Bishops Respond to National Protests and the Death of George Floyd
Leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released a statement Friday responding to the death of George Floyd, an African American man killed in Minneapolis last week, by emphasizing that racism is a life issue and not a thing of the past. Archbishop José Gomez, president of the USCCB, also released a statement responding to Floyd’s death and the violence and unrest that erupted during the weekend.
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Catholic leaders say Floyd’s death, demonstrations a ‘wake-up call’
As the nation was gripped by widespread unrest over the weekend in response to the killing of yet another unarmed black man by a police officer last week, U.S. Catholic leaders said recent events served as a “wake-up call” to the racism that continues to plague the country, while encouraging non-violent protests as a means of effective resistance.
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Arzobispo José Gómez pide escuchar protestas pacíficas y critica saqueos
El arzobispo de Los Ángeles y presidente de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB), José H. Gómez, intercedió este lunes a favor de los manifestantes que protestan por la muerte de George Floyd y pidió que se les escuche, al mismo tiempo que criticó los saqueos.
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San Junípero Serra, lejos de ser un “genocida”
En una carta dirigida a los fieles católicos de California (y de Estados Unidos), el arzobispo de Los Ángeles y presidente de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos, José H. Gómez, para la fiesta de San Junípero Serra, se refirió a las recientes controversias en torno a los monumentos públicos del santo español y a la verdad histórica de su figura.
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ OFFERS PRAYERS FOR GEORGE FLOYD AND ALL WORKING TO END RACIAL INJUSTICE; CALLS FOR FAITHFUL TO ‘MAKE’ PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING, FORGIVENESS AND FRIENDSHIP
In his homily today, Pentecost Sunday, Archbishop José H. Gomez led the faithful in praying for George Floyd and “all those who are working to put …
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Archbishop Gomez on racism: ‘It should not be this way in America’
Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles condemned violence and racism on Sunday and called for peaceful protests. The leader of the country’s largest Catholic diocese and the president of the U.S. bishops’ conference addressed the weekend’s violence and civil unrest, both in his Pentecost homily and in a statement released by the USCCB.
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Update: Bishops ‘sickened’ by Floyd’s death, urge racism be met ‘head-on’
The U.S. Catholic bishops said May 29 they “are broken-hearted, sickened and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our very eyes.”
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Arzobispo de Los Ángeles tras muerte de George Floyd: El racismo es un pecado
Mons. José Gomez, Arzobispo de Los Ángeles y presidente de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB, por sus siglas en inglés), expresó este 31 de mayo su oración por George Floyd y su familia y aseguró que “el racismo es un pecado y niega lo que Dios quiere para la persona humana”.
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Some Santa Maria churches resume in-person services; others continue with online ministry
Santa Maria churches reopened their doors to their congregations Sunday for the first time in nearly two months, following the state’s approval last week to reopen places of worship.
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