Benedict XVI: We are Children of God, and must reject racism

A conference examining the 2001 Durban Declaration against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance opens Tomorrow, Monday, in Geneva, under the organization of the United Nations.

Resolute and Concrete action is needed on both the national and the international level to prevent and eliminate every form of discrimination and intolerance. Above all else, a vast work of education is needed, in which the dignity of the person is exalted and his rights protected. The Church, for her part, continues to insist that only the recognition of the dignity of the human person, created in the image and likeness of God, is capable of providing a sound foundation for such a commitment. In ...

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