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US bishops condemn killing of George Floyd, deplore violence and destruction
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) expressed the US bishops’ sentiments in a statement on Sunday following the death of George Floyd on May 25 in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Bishops around U.S. express sorrow over Floyd killing, racism
Even as the United States still finds itself grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, outrage, grief and anger over the latest killing of an unarmed black man outweighed caution as hundreds of thousands turned out nationwide to protest and many of the country’s Catholic bishops joined the calls for justice.
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Religious Leaders Across the Country React to The Killing of George Floyd
In times of difficulty, pain and anguish, many Americans have turned to their faith to find guidance, solace and words of wisdom. Given the mass protests to demand arrests of the officers who killed George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minnesota, many religious leaders have been releasing statements expressing their sorrow over his death, calling for prayers and support of the Back Lives Matter movement.
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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 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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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”.