USCCB Special Task Force to Promote Peace in Our Communities: Final Report and Recommendations (2016)

USCCB Special Task Force to Promote Peace in Our Communities: Final Report and Recommendations, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta, Chairman, Special Task Force to Promote Peace in Our Communities, November 2016

As Chairman of the Special Task Force to Promote Peace in Our Communities, I am pleased to present you with our final report and recommendations. 

We find ourselves at a critically important moment for our individual communities and our nation as a whole.  The Church has a tremendous opportunity and, we believe, an equally tremendous responsibility to bring people together in prayer and dialogue, to begin anew the vital work of fostering healing and lasting peace. 

As the Task Force notes in our findings, the effort needed to root out racism and create healthy dynamics in our neighborhoods, dynamics based on encounter and deeper understanding, is a long term project.  Even so, we must not be intimidated or afraid of the hard work before us.  The Church is at her absolute best when she is a bold and prophetic voice for the power of the love upon which our faith is based, the love of Jesus Christ.   I pray that you will find the recommendations in this report of value, knowing that they are based on prayerful dialogue and the insight of men and women who bring unique perspectives and experience to the questions before us.

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