It's our duty to fight racism, Pope tells international conference

entengo

Click For Photo: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/images/Pope_Francis_1_in_St_Peters_Square_during_the_Wednesday_general_audience_on_May_22_2015_Credit_Stephan_Driscoll_CNA_6_17_15.jpg

Vatican City, Sep 20, 2018 / 05:21 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- All people have a responsibility to fight new forms of racism in the modern world, Pope Francis told more than 200 participants at a Rome-based conference this week.

“We are living in times in which feelings that many thought had passed are taking new life and spreading,” the pope said Sept. 20.

Conference - Xenophobia - Racism - Populist - Nationalism

The international conference on “Xenophobia, Racism and Populist Nationalism in the Context of Global Migration” concluded Thursday. It had been promoted by the Vatican's Dicastery for Integral Human Development, the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.

Addressing those present, Pope Francis warned that the modern world appears to be seeing an increase in “feelings of suspicion, fear, contempt and even hatred towards individuals or groups judged for their ethnic, national or religious identity.”

Individuals - Part - Society - Life - Sentiments

These individuals are “considered not sufficiently worthy of being fully part of society's life,” and such sentiments “all too often inspire real acts of intolerance, discrimination or exclusion,” he said.

Exclusion of foreigners can also become enshrined in political policy, as some lawmakers exploit fears and misgivings for political gain,...

(Excerpt) Read more at: Catholic News Agency

50 Top Stories Breaking Now!
Where The World Finds Its News - LongRoom News!

Wake Up To Breaking News!

SUBMIT