#Racism

Outrage mounts over the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by five police officers

On January 7, Tyre Nichols’ name and blood entered the history pages of Memphis and the United States as symbols…

Hungary: Verhofstadt (MEP), “the silence of the EU institutions, especially that of EU Commission and EU Council, on Orbán’s racist comments is unacceptable”

US bishops launch a three-year plan to restore the Eucharist at the centre of Catholic life

The document on the Eucharist has been approved. While it does not address the question of whether politicians or other…

The sentencing for the killing of George Floyd marks a watershed in US society’s systemic racism

The protests over the death of George Floyd were a “seminal point in the fight against racism”, said UN Human…

George Floyd. The Bishops’ statement following the trial: ‘The Catholic Church is committed to changing hearts and minds”

The verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd,…

Detroit, where effects of apartheid linger on, extending to COVID-19 vaccines

The first-hand account of Father Daniele Criscione, Italian missionary priest serving the United States’ “Motor City”, brings to light some…

Racism: Borrell (EU), “ending xenophobia and any intolerance, involving the institutions and society”

Dis-United States’ presidential election marked by voter uncertainty. Trump, Biden and a nation in crisis

U.S. voters are called to elect their new president. Election day is November 3, but 60 million citizens have already…

Scotland: Bishops’ Conference, “revising hate crime laws and protecting freedom of religion”

United Kingdom: Bishops’ message, “The Pope provides a radical view of human fraternity and calls us to fight racism”

Sweden: growing religious intolerance. The Churches: “Full solidarity with Muslims in our Country”

Copies of the Koran burned in public squares, riots and clashes in the streets, racist rhetoric, episodes of xenophobia. Winds…