Diocese of Texas to Fund $13 Million in Slavery Reparations
The Diocese of Texas announced during its recent Diocesan Council that it will devote a record-breaking $13 million to a reparations initiative “that aims to repair and commence racial healing for individuals and communities who directly injured by slavery in the diocese.” The program announced by Bishop C. Andrew Doyle includes six designated funds that support African American seminarians at Austin’s Seminary of the Southwest, students at historic black colleges and universities in the diocese, building repairs for African-American churches, and local church-based racial reconciliation initiatives.
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https://livingchurch.org/2020/02/17/diocese-of-texas-to-fund-13-million-in-slavery-reparations/