[One-Pager] Racism and the Criminal Justice System (USCCB)

In November 2018, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released its long anticipated pastoral letter against racism: Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love.

In conjunction, the USCCB also released a 2-page letter highlighting the racial disparities systemically upheld within our country’s criminal justice system: Racism and the Criminal Justice System. The document exposes how the most egregious example of our broken criminal justice system – the death penalty – reflects the racial discrimination and bias we are called as Catholics to dismantle.

“With renewed vigor, we call on members of the Body of Christ to join others in advocating and promoting policies at all levels that will combat racism and its effects in our civic and social institutions.”
Open Wide Our Hearts

Click here to read “Racism and the Criminal Justice System”: