'It's never too late…' says new head of bishops' anti-racism body
Bishop Joseph N. Perry, who is African American, said that he experienced racism as a child growing up in 1950s Chicago
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Bishop Joseph N. Perry, who is African American, said that he experienced racism as a child growing up in 1950s Chicago
Bishop Perry, 75, was named chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism May 10.
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry. / Credit: CatholicChicago/YouTube Denver Newsroom, May 12, 2023 / 12:25 pm (CNA). Longtime Black Catholic leader Bishop Joseph N. Perry, an auxiliary bishop of Chicago, is the new chairman of the Ad Hoc...
Bishop Perry also chairs the USCCB Committee on African-American Catholics, on which he has served since 2004,
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry. / Credit: CatholicChicago/YouTubeDenver Newsroom, May 12, 2023 / 12:25 pm (CNA).Longtime Black Catholic leader Bishop Joseph N. Perry, an auxiliary bishop of Chicago, is the new chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).Perry, 75, succeeds Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, who served two terms as chairman. Fabre, who became archbishop of Louisville in March 2022, requested that a new chairman be named, the USCCB said in a May 10 announcement.Perry will be the third chairman of...