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Belleville bishop talks of Catholic church's '˜racial divide'   Posted7/17/2021 7:00 AM BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- The Most Rev. Edward K. Braxton, one of the few African American bishops in the Roman Catholic Church, rarely talks to the press. He says he doesn't live in a 'œyes or no' world, and instead makes statements in pastoral letters and other writings. 'œMy thinking is more nuanced than something you put on the 5 o'clock news,' said Braxton, 77. 'œI write as I speak. I have a moving viewpoint from many experiences.'   His parents, Baptists from Mississippi, migrated to ...

Belleville bishop talks of Catholic church's 'racial divide' JESSE BOGAN, St. Louis Post-Dispatch July 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The Most Rev. Edward K. Braxton, one of the few African American bishops in the Roman Catholic Church, rarely talks to the press. He says he doesn’t live in a “yes or no” world, and instead makes statements in pastoral letters and other writings. “My thinking is more nuanced than something you put on the 5 o’clock news,” said Braxton, 77. “I write as I speak. I have a moving viewpoint from many experiences.” His parents...