During his last morning in Regensburg, the 93-year-old retired pope visited his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, one last time.

In 2018, after what it called an accumulation of “episodes of violence and animosity with racial and xenophobic overtones,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a pastoral letter condemning racism and vowing to combat it.

“The coronavirus crisis has highlighted the need to ensure the necessary protection for refugees.”

“You have been one of the pillars of the whole country,” the pope said in his first public audience since lockdown.

Help us, God of mercy, to realize how much more threatening the pandemic is for a forcibly displaced person.

Juneteenth, when we celebrate the freedom of slaves in the United States, is a good time to reflect on ancient prophets who have much in common with today’s activists.