“Racism” Replaces Abortion As “Preeminent Issue” For U.S. Bishops America’s bishops have been struggling to regain their balance ever since the lockdowns began. Financial ruin faced our schools, parishes, even entire dioceses. Catholics everywhere were starving for the sacraments. Recently, a brave few prelates dared to shed the onerous handcuffs imposed by their Blue State governors. Without the government’s permission, they announced that Catholics could return to Mass. They were surprised at the alacrity with which the authorities backed off. Restrictions were slowly easing when George Floyd died a grisly death at the hand of a Minneapolis policeman on the...