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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June 24, 2020

Beware of ‘radical nationalists’ trying to use Christianity, Jesuit writes

Using religion to prop up an exaggerated sense of nationalism perverts healthy patriotism in its attempts to solidify national identity by excluding some members of society, said an essay in an influential Jesuit journal. “In some countries, a form of religious-cultural nationalism is back in vogue. Religion is exploited both to obtain popular support and... 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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November 13, 2019

Rising anti-Semitism is ‘inhumane’ and ‘unchristian’, says pope

Pope Francis has denounced rising anti-Semitism as an attitude that is inhumane and unchristian. “The Jewish people have suffered so much in history. In the last century, we saw so many brutalities on the Jewish people and we thought that this was over,” he said in St. Peter’s Square on 13 November. Anti-Semitic violence and... 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 14, 2019

Catholic officials want apology for ‘disgraceful’ Saturday Night Live skit

The initial groans from the audience during a Saturday Night Live skit when comedian Pete Davidson likened people who “support the Catholic Church” to R. Kelly fans were just a taste of the reaction this skit would receive from some Catholic officials. In the NBC show’s ‘Weekend Update’ segment on 9th March, Davidson’s link of... 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

Catholic Times, News – UK and Ireland

January 17, 2019

Catholics must continue seeking pardon for anti-Judaism, pope says

A few decades of respectful Catholic-Jewish dialogue pale in comparison to “19 centuries of Christian anti-Judaism,” Pope Francis said, so Catholics must continue to ask forgiveness and forge new bonds of respect and friendship with the Jewish community. ‘We must work with greater intensity to ask pardon and repair the damage,’ the pope said in... Read More

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