Basilica priests speak out about the trauma and fear in our city:
Fathers Griffith, Gillespie, Tasto and Johan van Parys, Managing Director of Ministries, have recently spoken with national and international publications.
Father Daniel Griffith said, “I have been proud that many Minnesotans have stood up for our immigrant brothers and sisters and have protested what I and they believe are unjust and inhumane immigration policies and tactics. But there is much work to be done.”
Father Gillespie said, “we cannot dismiss” “the murdering” of Alex Pretti and the shooting of Renee Good “as mere accidents.”
Minneapolis Catholic community caught between violence and ICE operations targeting migrants. Fr Griffith: “It is a collective trauma”
Twin Cities pastors preach on the killing of Alex Pretti: ‘We are walking in darkness and living in fear’
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