Juneteenth “challenges us as individuals, as a society, and as the church, to renew our commitment to human dignity, racial justice, reconciliation, and peace.”
Slavery
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The U.S. historical narrative is problematic when the role of African Americans in building the country is not acknowledged, said panelist Diann Rust-Tierney.
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The U.S. Catholic bishops have released a national prayer service text commemorating its immigrants and refugees, as well as those trafficked into slavery.
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The mission is to “treat others the way we want to be treated … because quite honestly, we’re all one in Christ,” Bishop Campbell said.
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“It is impossible not to feel deep sorrow when contemplating the immense suffering and humiliation endured by so many,” Pope Leo XIV said.
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(OSV News) — The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations condemned modern and historical slavery — while countering what he called a “partial narrative” in a newly adopted U.N. resolution …
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Gloria Purvis said the display’s removal was “a larger part … of erasing the Black experience as well as Black accomplishments from American history.”
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The “Honoring Those Who Were Enslaved” project is the result of “engagements with the community of descendants of enslaved people in Maryland.”
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Black Catholics throughout U.S. history contributed to the country’s unity and freedom.
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