South African Jesuits warn against xenophobic rhetoric after attacks

South Africa’s Jesuit Institute condemned the latest flare-up of violence against foreign nationals and urged leaders to stop their xenophobic rhetoric. Police arrested at least 70 people in South Africa’s commercial capital Johannesburg on 2nd September after protesters looted mostly foreign-owned shops and set fire to cars and buildings in the second outbreak of urban... Read More

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September 24, 2018

Pope warns Lithuanians to guard against anti-Semitism

Pope Francis has warned against the rebirth of anti-Semitic attitudes that fuelled the Holocaust. The Holy Father made the comments as he marked the annual remembrance for Lithuania’s centuries-old Jewish community that was nearly wiped out during the Second World War. The pope began his second day in the Baltics in Lithuania’s second city, Kaunas,... Read More

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November 7, 2017

Teach students role of justice in migration, pope says

Catholic universities need to study the root causes of forced migration and ways to counter the discrimination and xenophobic reactions it provokes in so many traditionally Christian nations, Pope Francis said. “I would also like to invite Catholic universities to teach their students, some of whom will become leaders in politics, business and culture, a... Read More

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June 29, 2016

Bishops condemn rise in xenophobic attacks after Brexit vote

Catholic bishops have condemned a sharp rise in xenophobic and racist attacks following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster said the “upsurge of racism, of hatred toward others is something we must not tolerate.” “We have to say this is simply not acceptable in a humane society, and it... Read More

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April 25, 2016

Catholic official says Zambians shocked by xenophobic violence

Zambians are shocked and ashamed of the xenophobic violence in the capital, Lusaka, in which mostly Rwandans’ homes and shops were ransacked, a Church official said. “We are totally at a loss trying to explain the reasons behind this violence,” said Fr Cleophas Lungu, general secretary of the Zambia Episcopal Conference. As a “home, protector... Read More

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