racism

Shootings in Hanau, Germany

Updated: Hanau terrorist attack: Christians from Germany, beyond ask: “Why such evil, inexcusable violence?”

The scourge of anti-Semitism

Cardinals in Germany, Italy clamour against anti-Semitism, racial hatred: “Not with me! Never again!”

Deportation of asylum seekers in Austria

Austrian bishop slams “blatant injustice” of deportation of Christian-convert asylum seeker

Sad plight of the asylum seeker (stock)

Austrian diocese rallies behind asylum seeker in danger of expulsion: “Deportation could mean a death sentence”

Austrian Church hits out at government over hijab ban for girls (stock)

Austrian Church hits out at government over hijab ban for girls, “faith tests” for Christian-convert refugees

Hungarian Bishops defend 'frightening white nationalist' PM Viktor Orbán

Hungarian Bishops bash Budapest district mayor for suggesting far-right PM Orbán a “frightening… white nationalist”

Vandalism of a synagogue in Finland

Graffiti appears on Finnish church: “Stop hiding the paedophiles”, “Liars”

Far-right Hungarian politician Péter Jakab

Far-right Hungarian Jobbik party elects anti-Semitic Jewish Catholic as president

Mass with survivors in the Center for Dialogue and Prayer in Auschwitz

In Mass with survivors at Auschwitz, Polish bishop deplores “cruel martyrdom” of Holocaust victims

Auschwitz

European Bishops say ‘no’ to anti-Semitism and political manipulation of the truth 75 years after Auschwitz

Pope Francis addresses a delegation of the Simon Wiesenthal Center January 20

Pope deplores rise in “egoistic indifference”, “barbaric resurgence” of anti-Semitism

Ambrogio Spreafico, Bishop of Frosinone and Italian Bishops' pointman on interfaith dialogue

Italian bishop decries Catholic anti-Semitism: “Jesus was Jewish in every respect”

Venice's St. Mark's Square

Venice Patriarch condemns anti-Semitic, Mussolini-inspired attack on left-wing politician

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin

Dublin archbishop warns “lack of respect for difference can undermine even peaceful societies”

Bishop of Elphin (Ireland), Kevin Doran

Irish bishop warns hard Brexit border would be “enormous risk to peace”

Polish priest and media and business tycoon Tadeusz Rydzyk

Tens of thousands of Poles petition Pope to silence “hateful voice” of priest media tycoon

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin

Dublin archbishop decries rise in Ireland of groups “clearly populist and racist”

Images of the antisemitic Polish products

US Jewish leader urges Polish Church “to stand up to filthy antisemitic stereotypes”

Iraqi refugee children in Damascus, Syria

Ireland seminary head flays West’s “sense of entitlement”, urges “hospitality” to migrants

Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre and far-right politician Fabio Tuiach

Italian far-right politician criticised for insulting Holocaust survivor, insisting “Jesus was not a Jew”

Dublin archbishop Diarmuid Martin

Dublin archbishop “horrified” by “new language of racism” in Ireland

Pope Francis at Wednesday's General Audience

Pope stresses anti-Semitism “isn’t human or Christian”

Anti-Islamophobia protest in Belfort, France

French bishop attends anti-Islamophobia protest: “We have a duty to be actors of peace together”

Panel discussion in Berlin on anti-Semitism

Cardinal Marx deplores Christian anti-Semitism: “Jesus was a Jew, until the end. He never became Catholic”

Priest David Muscat and Archbishop of Malta Charles Scicluna

Malta PM takes archbishop to task for failure to discipline racist priest

French priest and Holocaust investigator Patrick Desbois

French priest investigating Nazi mass killings in Europe: “Holocaust deniers are getting stronger”

Anti-Semitic graffiti

Vatican, Jews rip Italian right for boycotting anti-Semitism investigation

A protest over the planned direct provision centre in Ballinamore

Kilmore monsignor condemns attack on pro-migration politician

Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick, Ireland

Irish bishop calls for respect for refugees after MP anti-migrant slur

Far-right Maltese priest David Muscat

‘Maltese Salvini’ priest launches racist attack on Victory Day speaker