Commenting on protests sparked by police brutality and the death of George Floyd, Pope Francis says that Catholics cannot tolerate racism and also 'claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.'
Pope Francis says he is praying for George Floyd"and of all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism." He's also calling for reconciliation in the U.S. Here, Sister Quincy Howard, center, a Dominican nun, protests the arrival of President Trump to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington Tuesday.Pope Francis says he is praying for George Floyd"and of all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism.
Today, Francis says, he is joining the Church in Minneapolis, and across the U.S.,"in praying for the repose of the soul of George Floyd and of all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism." In the pope's remarks about violent protests, he was quoting Archbishop José H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who recentlyIn that statement, Gomez asked,"How is it possible that in America, a black man's life can be taken from him while calls for help are not answered and his killing is recorded as it happens?""It is true what Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, that riots are the language of the unheard.
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