"It was appalling to see Democratic presidential candidates unwilling to state that "all lives matter" for fear of being shout down by activists from the Black Lives Matter movement."

Saying "All Lives Matter" is a way of blowing off the racism that is all too pervasive in this country. White people don't need to be reminded that their lives matter; as the privileged group in the U S, everyone knows it.

White, male heterosexuals are at the top of the heap. Everyone else is at least a little bit below. It is a scandal that the American bishops see nothing wrong with this state of affairs. You will recall that when Christ was asked, "Who is my neighbor?" the example he gave was a Samaritan, a group despised by the Jews. This seems to be a lesson many American Catholics have forgotten.