Respect and understanding can defeat racism and bigotry, US archbishop says

While America grapples with racism and bigotry and other social ills, Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said people must reach out to one another, learn about others different from themselves and rediscover that all religions teach that hatred is wrong. “Ignorance of the other is the soil in which hatred and bigotry grow,” he said.... Read More

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May 13, 2020

UN chief urges faith leaders to challenge harmful coronavirus messages

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged religious leaders to challenge “inaccurate and harmful messages” fuelling ethno-nationalism, stigma, hate speech and conflict amid the coronavirus pandemic. The UN chief warned a video meeting on the role of faith leaders in addressing the challenges of Covid-19 that “extremists and radical groups are seeking to exploit eroding... Read More

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March 9, 2020

Ex-child refugee says modern leaders are using migrants as pawns

A woman who fled to Britain as a child during the Second World War has accused political leaders of using refugees as “pawns”. Holocaust education campaigner Ruth Barnett described her heartbreak at recent “awful” scenes of hostility towards migrants in Greece, and hit out at the UK government for “going back on their word” to... Read More

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January 27, 2020

Remembering Holocaust is ‘a duty,’ pope says

Pope Francis said remembering the millions of men, women and children who perished in the Holocaust is a call for the world today to reflect and commit to not repeating the atrocities of the past. Speaking to pilgrims in St Peter’s Square on 26th January, the pope said that “in the face of this immense... Read More

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January 7, 2020

Prince Charles to visit Bethlehem

The Prince of Wales will visit Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, and honour those who died in the Holocaust during his first official tour of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Clarence House has announced. Charles’ tour – the highest-level visit by a member of the monarchy to Israel and the Palestinian areas – will... Read More

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October 25, 2019

Catholic lay leader wins award for fighting anti-Semitism

A Catholic lay leader has received an award from European rabbis for fighting anti-Semitism. Andrea Riccardi, the founder of Catholic lay association Sant’Egidio, was awarded the Moshe Rosen Award by the Conference of European Rabbis on 24 October. The award recognises the efforts of “non-Jews who promote dialogue, understanding and tolerance to ensure a Jewish... Read More

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October 16, 2019

Wonder Woman star to play Catholic social worker in WW2 thriller

A Hollywood actress will star in a new historical film about a Catholic woman who saved Jewish children. Gal Gadot, best-known for her starring role in 2017 film Wonder Woman, will play Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who helped smuggle thousands of Jewish children in Warsaw during World War II. The Israeli actress will also... Read More

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March 4, 2019

Pope announces access to wartime documents in Vatican Secret Archives

Declaring that the Catholic Church is unafraid of history, Pope Francis announced that documents in the Vatican Secret Archives relating to the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII will be open to scholars in 2020. Researchers, particularly those interested in Catholic-Jewish relations, have pressed the Vatican to open the archives and allow a full study... Read More

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February 25, 2019

Holocaust survivor ‘frightened’ by British political ‘extremes’

A Jewish woman, who survived the Nazi occupation of Europe by adopting a fake Catholic identity, has said she is “depressed” and “frightened” by the “extreme” attitudes in British politics. Ruth Posner, 89, who came to the UK in 1945 having fled Nazi persecution, was one of only two members of her family who survived... Read More

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Respect and understanding can defeat racism and bigotry, US archbishop says

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Remembering Holocaust is ‘a duty,’ pope says

Prince Charles describes Holocaust as ‘universal human tragedy’ at Israel event

Prince Charles to visit Bethlehem

Catholic lay leader wins award for fighting anti-Semitism

Wonder Woman star to play Catholic social worker in WW2 thriller

Pope announces access to wartime documents in Vatican Secret Archives

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