In a forthcoming book, Pope Francis threw his support behind the people who protested worldwide for racial justice after the death of George Floyd in police custody.

The book, Let Us Dream, amid Francis’s reflections on the coronavirus pandemic, refers to Floyd’s death as a “gross violation of human dignity that we cannot allow and which we must continue to struggle against.” Francis also criticizes conservative Catholics who protested pandemic restrictions, asserting that they did not show the same vigor for racial justice.