Posted on 08/17/2008 1:37:14 PM PDT by Alter Kaker
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Benedict on Sunday decried the rise of racism in some countries and urged Christians to help society combat intolerance toward foreigners.
"One of humanity's greatest conquests has been, precisely, the overcoming of racism," Benedict told pilgrims and tourists at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome.
"Unfortunately, however, in several countries new, worrisome displays" of racism are manifesting themselves, the pontiff said.
Benedict said that while racism is "often tied to social and economic problems," those factors "can never justify contempt or racial discrimination."
The Pope didn't cite any country by name. Instead, he urged Christians to help society "overcome any temptation to resort to racism, intolerance and exclusion" toward foreigners.
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Something tells me this thread is gonna be a barn-burner.
Call it a hunch!
Strangely silent on the latest attempt by Russia to ignite WIII.
Unless I missed it.
I'd place Mexico near the top of my list of the most racist countries.
When you break into someones country and continue to break the law in the name of so called freedom and the government refuses to stop the lawbreaking charity is not what is needed but law abiding citizen action .
If someone breaks into my home and i shoot them dead i don't care what color they are they invaded my domain we all bleed the same damn color RED skin color is just a regional pigment you may be able to take the savage from it's natural surroundings but you can't remove it's instinct of surroundings from whats bred into it .
It's been proved over and over again !
While I think we are the center of the world, there ARE other countries on this planet. WHY on earth would you assume he is talking about the US?
I don't Assume anything he is speaking of mans so called inhumanity to man and he supposedly speaks for all people not just catholics we are not the center of the world that would be in my opinion absurd but we are one of the greatest countries to inhabit the earth PERIOD other countries pale in comparison to what we have and to what we GIVE to humanity as a whole what i wrote sounds assuming please be assured i in no way point to America as the soul benefactor or proprietor of his words !
Ok. Many posters get very Ameri-centric in their replies to what the Pope says. (BTW - punctuation is our friend. I hope I interpreted your reply correctly...)
In Italy, they believe this statement by the Pope might be connected to a story in the Catholic publication ‘Famiglia Cristiana’ that implied Berlusconi’s government might be moving toward Fascism. The leader of Berlusconi’s parliamentary group threatened to sue the priest who is the editor of ‘Famiglia Cristiana.’
Good, thank you. I haven’t seen it posted anywhere.
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