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Iingcinga zoBhishophu wamaKatolika waseAfrika-Amerika

Umbhali uBhishophu uEdward K. Braxton

Emva kokubulawa kukaMichael Brown ngo-2014 ngamapolisa amhlophe eFerguson, eMissouri, uBhishophu uBraxton weDayosisi yaseBelleville, e-Illinois, wakhupha ingxelo yakhe yokuqala ebalulekileyo yokwalusa malunga nokwahlukana ngokobuhlanga eMelika. Le ncwadi ifike ngexesha kwaye ivuselela ingcinga iqala ngaloo ngxelo, kwaye iphela emva kweminyaka emihlanu ngokucamngca kukaBhishophu uBraxton ngokubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd eMinneapolis. Ezi ziganeko, ezishiyana ngeminyaka emihlanu, zisiphelo somzamo oqhubekayo wokulwa nokwahlukana ngokobuhlanga okuqhubekekayo kunye nentsingiselo yako kwisizwe nakwiCawa yamaKatolika eMelika.

ICawa kunye noHlangano lobuhlanga ikwatyhila uhambo oluqhubekayo - kunye nokuvuka kancinci kancinci komntu - komfundisi wezenkolo ongumKatolika ongumAfrika waseMelika kunye nobhishophu ephendula umngeni obangelwe kukuchasana nenyaniso yokuba "Ubomi Obumnyama Bubalulekile." Kwiintetho zakhe, kwiincoko, nakwiileta zokwalusa, uBhishophu uBraxton umema incoko yokuphilisa ecaweni nakwisizwe, ekhuthaza abafundi ukuba bavume iinyaniso ezinzima ngokuvulelekileyo kubizo loMoya oyiNgcwele lokuguquka, ubulungisa, kunye noxolelwaniso.

U-Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D., STD, nguBhishophu Ohlala Emeritus waseBelleville, IL.

2021