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December 1, 2016

Atlanta Archbishop: Racism is a disease that must be cured

Archbishop Gregory says that whenever one can play on the fears of some people and depend on the ignorance of others, racism flourishes, and that as a political strategy, such taunting may win votes, but it destroys national unity and our future.

The U.S. national election brought many issues that the Roman Catholic Church has to face. Below, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, the former chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Task Force to Promote Peace in Our Communities, addresses the racism that came to the forefront in this U.S. political cycle.

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