Broglio: Reflect on Rev. King’s ‘Rallying Cry’ to Confront Racism

The Jan. 15 federal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a time to “pause and reflect” on his “indelible legacy” and “his rallying cry in the pursuit of justice and peace,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement. As Rev. King taught, “we must confront the evils of racism and prejudice with the love of Christ,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said, quoting the slain civil rights leader: “Deeply etched in the fiber of our religious tradition is the conviction that men are made in the image of God … the heirs of a legacy of dignity and worth. … This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s tribe, race, class and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all men.”