“The flying of these flags in front of a Catholic school sends a mixed, confusing, and scandalous message to the public about the church’s stance on these important moral and social issues”
, went on to say that the flying flags that support these movements are “inconsistent with Catholic teaching” despite Pope Francis showing a willingness to open the door to gay Catholics.
The bishop also strongly opposes the Black Lives Matter movement, which he says is against the traditional family. “The BLM movement also contradicts Catholic social teaching on the role of the family,” he wrote. “The BLM movement in its own words is ‘committed to disrupting the Western prescribed nuclear family structure requirement,’ which is another clear example of an ideological principle that conflicts with Catholic teaching.
The school’s website states 46 percent of its student body is Black, 33 percent is Hispanic or Latino, and 2 percent is white.
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