Belleville bishop talks of Catholic church s racial divide
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BELLEVILLE, Ill. The Most Rev. Edward K. Braxton, one of the few African American bishops in the Roman Catholic Church, rarely talks to the press. He says he doesn t live in a yes or no world, and instead makes statements in pastoral letters and other writings. My thinking is more nuanced than something you put on the 5 o clock news, said Braxton, 77. I write as I speak. I have a moving viewpoint from many experiences.
His parents, Baptists from Mississippi, migrated to the south side of Chicago in 1941. Catholic schools motivated their conversion. Braxton said he went on to be the only African American in his graduating class at a high school preparatory seminary. There, he chose Aristotle over basketball.
Belleville bishop talks of Catholic church s racial divide
JESSE BOGAN, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 16, 2021
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BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) The Most Rev. Edward K. Braxton, one of the few African American bishops in the Roman Catholic Church, rarely talks to the press. He says he doesn’t live in a “yes or no” world, and instead makes statements in pastoral letters and other writings.
“My thinking is more nuanced than something you put on the 5 o’clock news,” said Braxton, 77. “I write as I speak. I have a moving viewpoint from many experiences.”
His parents, Baptists from Mississippi, migrated to the south side of Chicago in 1941. Catholic schools motivated their conversion. Braxton said he went on to be the only African American in his graduating class at a high school preparatory seminary. There, he chose Aristotle over basketball.
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