Our Lady of Kibeho

Kibeho is a small site located in the southern part of Rwanda, in the administrative district of Nyaruguru.  It is 36 km from the Bishop of Gikongoro’s residence and 30 km from the Bishop of Butare’s residence. Kibeho is also the name given to one of the parishes of the diocese of Gikongoro, founded in …

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God is beyond race and gender

It started as a typical Sunday in the late 1960s as my family made our way to attend Mass at St. Leo’s Church in Milwaukee’s central city. But a single event would shatter our weekend and make an indelible impression on my 11-year-old mind. We arrived to discover that someone had spray-painted the face of …

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Remember the names of women who lost their lives to violence

Two months before police murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot and killed in her own home by police officers. Three months after Freddie Gray died in police custody, Sandra Bland was found hanged in her jail cell. And 10 days before Tamir Rice was shot for carrying a …

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Honoring the Catholic faith of a rebel leader from Hispaniola

The whole world had collapsed. Once he lived by the sea, embraced by ancient traditions in a thriving community of thousands. Now he was on the run in mountain wilderness, moving with his small band from one camp of grass huts to another, trying to stay ahead of the bounty hunters. He was always awake …

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Catholic Bishops Join in Efforts to Reaffirm Black People’s Dignity

WASHINGTON— Amid the nation’s mass protest over Black lives and dignity, and at the Mass on Aug. 28 commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington, Archbishop Wilton Gregory declared, “We are at a pivotal juncture in our country’s struggle for racial justice and national harmony.”

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US bishops call for day of fasting to end racism

Bishop Shelton Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux. Credit: Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2020 / 03:00 pm MT (CNA).- The bishops of the United States are urging Catholics to pray and fast for an end to racism on Friday, following the unrest in Wisconsin this week. “On this Friday’s anniversary, in the midst of our country’s ongoing racial unrest, we restate our…

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Requiem for Black Children of God

The scars of systemic racism plague our nation, our communities, and our churches. For too long, too many of us stood silent or said too little as our Black brothers and sisters, our neighbors who succumbed to the brutal blows of racism’s cruel injustice. Let us join Bishop Cheri in praying>>>>