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    The Catholic Response to Racism

    So much sadness going on right now in our country — and it’s a sadness that seems to be almost as old as time itself. It’s a sadness that was never meant to be — a sadness rooted in the original Fall of Adam and Eve. That Fall from grace had consequences for the rest of us. It left our hearts broken in different ways, and what was once “unthinkable” became possible in the hearts of man. Racism is a result of the Fall from grace. It has taken different forms — but racism, in any form, is evil. It is a sin against charity. It strikes out against the…