A Christian “cannot be an anti-Semite”, Pope Francis told a meeting of Jews at the Vatican on Monday.
Addressing the World Congress of Mountain Jews, the Pope reportedly said while there are still anti-Semitic attitudes in society today, “a Christian cannot be an anti-Semite; we share the same roots”.
“It would be a contradiction of faith and life,” he said. “Rather, we are called to commit ourselves to ensure anti-Semitism is banned from the human community”.
The Pope said there must be an ongoing commitment to ensure anti-Semitism is “banned from the human community”. He highlighted the importance of commemorating the Hoocaust and related events.
The latter include the recent 75th anniversary of Nazi deportation of Rome’s Jews and the 80th anniversary of “Kristallnacht”, the night when mobs ransacked thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses in Germany and Austria, which will be marked on 9th November.
Read the article by David Adams in Sight Magazine.