When talking about the case of South Africa a few years ago, where there was clear inequality due to race, the document points out that “it is urgent to overcome the abyss of prejudice, in order to build the future on the principles of the equal dignity of all.” the men”.
The text also highlights that “the condemnation of racism and racist acts is necessary. The application of legislative, disciplinary and administrative measures against one or the other, without excluding appropriate external pressures, may be opportune. Countries and international organizations have, in order to do so, a whole range of initiatives to take or raise.”
What has Pope Francis said about racism?
In September 2018, when receiving a group of religious leaders to discuss the issue of racism and xenophobia, the Holy Father noted in his speech: “In the face of the proliferation of new forms of xenophobia and racism, also the leaders of all religions They have an important mission: to spread among their faithful the ethical principles and values engraved by God in the human heart, known as natural moral law.”