Catholic leaders see Chauvin verdict as a call for more action Say Their Names cemetery in Minneapolis is seen April 20, 2021, the day jurors issued their verdict convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (CNS photo/Octavio Jones, Reuters)
By Carol Zimmermann • Catholic News Service • Posted April 21, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) Although Catholic leaders across the country called the April 20 jury verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial a moment of justice, they also stressed there is still a lot of work to do to move toward healing.
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of Minneapolis and St. Paul called the verdict which found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty on all counts for his role in the death of George Floyd last spring “a sobering moment for our community.”
New American Catholics describe their road to faith
Twenty-five children and adults prepared for full communion through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
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Everybody has a story. But not every group of people going through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) together has traveled such varied paths to the Catholic Church as those who prepared for the Easter Vigil this year at St. Mary and St. Michael parishes in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Twenty-five children and adults prepared for full communion with the church through those parishes shared RCIA process.
That number a fivefold jump over last year included a 9-year-old boy whose family didn t practice any faith. Yet he said he has known since before he was born that he wanted to become Catholic. He even influenced his mother to join the church with him. I m his first convert, she said.
Denver Newsroom, Feb 9, 2021 / 12:50 am (CNA).- Catholic school teachers and other school employees of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri will get a bonus, thanks to a major $1.4 million gift from anonymous donors.“We are blessed with generous peo… […]