Evil Begets Evil and Sin Begets Sin: The Buffalo Tops Friendly Market Shooting
The local sheriff called the racist-motivated Tops shooting “pure evil.” He was right to describe it as such because we can never stress enough that just as the murder of the innocent is pure evil, racism is also pure evil. Evil begets evil and sin begets sin. The evil and sin of racism that was…
Expect to be Loved, But also Expect the Truth: In Light of Recent Pro-Choice Protests at Masses
I don’t know how many pro-choice protests that were reportedly going take place at Masses this Sunday actually happened, but try as some might to come to heart of our Catholic life that is the Mass and interrupt it, one thing is true (since some targeted Catholic churches). The Gospel of Life proclaimed by Jesus…
A Great Start To Respect Life Month!
Happy Respect Life Sunday! October is National Respect Life Month, and the guys and I at the seminary kicked it off right yesterday. A group of us took up our rosaries and made a trip over across state lines to Louisville to the abortion clinic there and engaged in spiritual combat against the evil that…
Collection of Statements and Responses from the Active Black Catholic Bishops of the United States on the Death of George Floyd, the Recent Racial Issues, and the National Protests (As of June 8, 2020)
In a country of 265 active Roman Catholic bishops only 6 are African American. Auxiliary Bishop Roy Edward Campbell, Jr. Auxiliary Bishop Fernand Cheri III, OFM Bishop Shelton Fabre Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry All 6 have released responses in some form to the killing of George…
Don’t Worry, I’ve Been Thinking About It, Too . . .
There’s been a lot going on lately. And it keeps coming at you. #AhmaudArbery, #GeorgeFloyd, police brutality, racism, and widespread protests across the nation, even in my city. All of this has had a deep connection and impact on the Black community because we are in the thick of it. And, as you might have…