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Politics & SocietyNews
Christina Lee Knauss - Catholic News Service
Some Catholic businesses have not been immune to violence, vandalism and looting.
 Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, kneels at El Paso's Memorial Park holding a Black Lives Matter sign June 1, 2020. Bishop Seitz and other clergy from the Diocese of El Paso, prayed and kneeled for eight minutes, the time George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was said to have spent under a police officer's knee before becoming unconscious and later dying May 25, 2020. (CNS photo/Fernie Ceniceros, courtesy Diocese of El Paso)
FaithNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Pope Francis expressed his gratitude to the bishops for their pastoral tone in the church’s response to the demonstrations across the country in their statements and actions since the death of George Floyd.”
Demonstrators in Washington gather along the fence surrounding Lafayette Park outside the White House on June 2, 2020. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
FaithFaith
America Staff
A round up of some of the reaction to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.
FaithFaith in Focus
Mario Powell, S.J.
We have been crying out this question for centuries. But we cannot cry it alone anymore.
James Baldwin was the author of The Fire Next Time among other works. He died in 1987 (Photo Credit: Dan Budnik)
Arts & CultureIdeas
Stephen G. Adubato
Baldwin’s words explore what hatred can do not only to society at large but to the individual who bears it.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Cardinal Peter Turkson, in commenting on the unrest in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, said that prayer is "the only way we can dignify" his memory and urged that ecumenical prayer services be held as a means to promote healing.