by Father Seán Connolly | The Catholic World Report

While we believe in the holiness of the Church in her divine constitution, she remains as St. Augustine said, a “corpus permixtum,” a mixed body of saints and sinners. Professing Catholics bolstered by the graces of the sacraments are still subject to the effects of original sin. The sin of racism and prejudice can certainly exist within the Church. Such a scandal is all the worse when it becomes a stumbling block that drives people away.