{"id":4120,"date":"2021-03-23T04:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T08:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/statement-of-u-s-bishops-chairman-for-asian-and-pacific-island-affairs-on-discrimination-against-the-asian-community\/"},"modified":"2021-03-23T04:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T08:43:39","slug":"statement-of-u-s-bishops-chairman-for-asian-and-pacific-island-affairs-on-discrimination-against-the-asian-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/statement-of-u-s-bishops-chairman-for-asian-and-pacific-island-affairs-on-discrimination-against-the-asian-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaraci\u00f3n del presidente de la Comisi\u00f3n de Asuntos de Asia y las Islas del Pac\u00edfico de la Conferencia Episcopal de Estados Unidos sobre la discriminaci\u00f3n contra la comunidad asi\u00e1tica"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong>\u00a0United States Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/a><\/p>\n

Following deadly shootings at three businesses in the greater Atlanta area this past week and the dialogue that has been ignited about other reported incidents of aggression against people of Asian descent, Bishop Oscar A. Solis of Salt Lake City, and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops\u2019 (USCCB) Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Island Affairs decried the culture of death, hatred and violence that underlies these incidents and called for solidarity with the vulnerable. The full statement follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cI am deeply saddened to hear of another mass shooting that has tragically taken the lives of eight people and has renewed concerns about a rise of hostility against individuals of Asian descent. As bishops, we decry\u00a0any<\/em><\/i>\u00a0kind of hatred and violence, particularly based on race, ethnicity, or sex. We pray for the families and friends of those who were lost, and for their communities, who may feel unsafe and vulnerable at this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis latest incident has prompted national dialogue on addressing anti-Asian bias that has taken the form of numerous other acts of physical violence, verbal attacks and destruction of property against those of Asian descent over the last year that have left communities across the country traumatized.<\/p>\n

\u201cI echo Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer\u2019s\u00a0words<\/a>\u00a0that \u2018[w]e must support all victims of violence and stand in solidarity with those who are vulnerable in our communities.\u2019\u00a0More broadly, we must always stress that every human being is a brother or sister in Christ, created in the image and likeness of a loving God. Particularly during this season of Lent, let us remember God\u2019s love and mercy for each one of us and renew the call for conversion of heart, that we may be more united to God\u2019s love and share it with all of our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last May, in the midst of increased reports of incidents of racism and xenophobia against Americans of Asian and Pacific Island heritage, three bishop chairmen\u00a0issued a statement<\/a>\u00a0expressing their \u201ccall for a stronger resolve towards unity, demonstrated through acts of solidarity, kindness and love toward one another, so that we can emerge from this crisis renewed and stronger as one American people; a people that places value in every human life, regardless of race, ethnic origin, gender or religious affiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tras los tiroteos mortales ocurridos la semana pasada en tres negocios del \u00e1rea metropolitana de Atlanta y el debate que se ha desatado sobre otros incidentes denunciados de agresiones contra personas de ascendencia asi\u00e1tica, el obispo Oscar A. Sol\u00eds, de Salt Lake City, y presidente del Subcomit\u00e9 de Asuntos de Asia y las Islas del Pac\u00edfico de la Conferencia de Obispos Cat\u00f3licos de Estados Unidos (USCCB), conden\u00f3 la cultura de muerte, odio y violencia que subyace a estos incidentes y pidi\u00f3 solidaridad con los vulnerables.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-4120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-race"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archspm.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}