Listen

I had the privilege of being the pastor of one of the great African-American Catholic parishes in Kansas City – St. Therese Little Flower. I will not pretend to speak for them. But I want to say as clearly as I can, that we’d better start listening to our African-American brothers and sisters and fellow citizens. When they talk about their experiences of being stopped, questioned or even killed for driving, shopping, jogging, or being arrested while Black, listen.