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INDIANAPOLIS — Sister Gail Trippett sees a ray of hope amid all the darkness that once again descended upon Indianapolis and other cities across the country following the death of George Floyd.
Yet before she shares that hope, the parish life coordinator of Holy Angels and St. Rita parishes in Indianapolis poses a question that she believes everyone must consider: “Do we really believe what we have been taught, that God’s presence is in every human being?”
Trippett, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet, said that If people believe that teaching, then they must see that what happened to Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died May 25 in Minneapolis while in police custody, also happened to God. Floyd died after a white police officer kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes despite his pleas that he could not breathe.
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In Indianapolis, Catholics seek structural change to end racism, inequality
Yet before she shares that hope, the parish life coordinator of Holy Angels and St. Rita parishes in Indianapolis poses a question that she believes everyone must consider: “Do we really believe what we have been taught, that God’s presence is in every human being?”
Trippett, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet, said that If people believe that teaching, then they must see that what happened to Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died May 25 in Minneapolis while in police custody, also happened to God. Floyd died after a white police officer kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes despite his pleas that he could not breathe.
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In Indianapolis, Catholics seek structural change to end racism, inequality
