“I don’t think the Church in the United States has given it priority enough, nor do I think we have convincingly taught our members what our catechism teaches, that racism is sin,” Bishop Stowe said in an interview with CNS.

“And I don’t think we understand the concept of systemic racism yet,” he added. “Both how we operate from it and – God forbid – you use a phrase like ‘white privilege,’ because that is even more contentious than to talk about systemic racism.”

Oblate Sister Marcia Hall suggests that Church leaders begin teaching in U.S. seminaries how systemic racism reaches all levels of society, including the Church, to better prepare the priests of the future.

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