[Episcopal News Service – Jackson, Mississippi] Diocese of Mississippi Bishop Duncan Gray III describes how the diocese can offer its “brokenness” and the brokenness of the cross to the rest of the church and the world as a way to combat racism. Gray made his remarks at a Nov. 15 news conference before the opening session of “Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America,” a two-day gathering sponsored by the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Mississippi at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Jackson.

– The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg is an editor/reporter for the Episcopal News Service.