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Bishop Joseph N. Perry
Statement of USCCB Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism on Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision
WASHINGTON – Bishop Joseph N. Perry, auxiliary bishop of Chicago and chairman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of the United States decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, issued on June 29: …
Chicago Bishop gives lecture on Father Tolton, America’s first priest of African descent
By Steve Trosley The Catholic Telegraph The middle 19th century, including the Civil War period, was a time of tragedy and strife in America. Emerging from this dramatic time was Father Augustus Tolton, the first American of African descent ordained to the priesthood. The Most Rev. Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary …