Bryan N. Massingale

Commentary: The verdict in the murder of George Floyd is a wake-up call and summons to white America to examine its fears of people of color and to the Catholic Church to address its complicity in the country's racism.

Perhaps the grace of this dark time in our nation is that it reveals how racially toxic our politics, society and culture have truly become, in order to spur us to build a new culture based not on the exploitation of fear but on solidarity with and for the least among us.

Commentary: As the facilitator of an upcoming retreat for gay priests, brothers and deacons, I offer these observations in response to concerns that have been raised about it.