We have never owned, as a country, the damage done not only to people who were enslaved but to future generations in which they were treated. I think that has damaged the future of many African-American people. Some have risen above it quite nobly, but it has impacted generations, and we have to be able to own that as part of the past.

Ultimately, it is only the witness who convinces people, not the teacher.

Bishops need to resist the defensiveness that institutions often fall back on in crisis moments.

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