Town Hall | Being Black in America, 5 Years Later

The Catholic Church and racism, 5 years after George Floyd

(OSV News) — Five days after the police-involved, Memorial Day murder of George Floyd in 2020, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, knelt in El Paso’s Memorial Park amid a group of priests, closed his eyes and prayed. He held a white rose and a sign with simple lettering: Black Lives Matter. A photo of the moment spoke volumes to those seeking solidarity from Catholic leaders amid the national grief, anger and turmoil that followed Floyd’s Ma…

Town Hall | Being Black in America, 5 years later

"After the death of George Floyd, there were many instances of social media posts and other activities that required little of us. It was a moment. We moved on, but racism lingers. Racism is a terror to our communities, still.…