text: I absolutely agree we as a Church should address the issue of racism in this country, in my native country, and everywhere else. I'm not sure what role removing statues should have in that process, because the racism obviously runs deeper. In some cases, removing statues may do nothing more than create an illusion. In my opinion, if the removal of statues is not accompanied by a systemic effort to uproot racist ideas and attitudes, we won't have accomplished anything. So perhaps the removals should come at the end of a process, as a sort of culmination of a national effort to excise a cancer, and their presence till then should serve as a reminder of what remains to be done.
  Will our bishops take the lead in bringing an end to racism? They could....but I too have some dubias.