Profiles in Catholicism
- Jun 28, 2018
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Fear, Hate, Prejudice and Discrimination against Others

Updated: Apr 9

Medical Journal Articles

Highlights From CROI, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections—Postexposure Prophylaxis for Sexually Transmitted Infections, a New Protease Inhibitor for COVID-19, Goals for Preventing HIV Transmission, and More by Rita Rubin, MA JAMA March 1, 2023

General Fears and Prejudice

Articles/Commentaries

Baylor University's 'Harry Potter' professor goes viral after blasting JK Rowling for 'hatred of trans people' by Jon Brown The Christian Post
Sefton Goldberg and the New Hate Marchers by Howard Jacobson Tablet
Hate conference convenes in Istanbul, features Hamas, PIJ leaders, antisemitic authors by Dhad Merlin The Jerusalem Post
Trans rights activist Imara Jones on the anti-trans hate machine the far right has assembled by Greg Owen LGBTQNation
Teacher, priest, others ‘chosen’ through Twitter to join Tokyo orgies with underage girl by Ayano Tanaka The Mainichi Shimbun
The Oak Creek Temple Shooting Forever Changed America’s Sikh Communities by Nimarta Marano Teen Vogue
UN experts say N. Ireland amnesty plan grants ‘blanket impunity’ for perpetrators by Charles Collins Crux
Xenophobia and corruption threaten fair and effective distribution of covid vaccine'. As South Africa begins to roll-out its anti-covid vaccination campaign, the Jesuit Refugee Service and the Jesuit Institute South Africa are raising some serious concerns regarding who and how people will receive the vaccine. by Linda Bordoni Vatican News
Hate groups migrate online, making tracking more difficult by Aaron Morrison The Associated Press
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib denounce Facebook as complicit in anti-Muslim violence/Their condemnation comes after a new report found that Facebook has played a role in anti-Muslim violence in Germany, by Alejandra Molina Religion News Service
Rage: The New Standard for Public Discourse? by John Horvat II Return to Order
Trump’s Language of Hate by John Connelly Commonweal
Homelessness a looming threat as states lift coronavirus eviction moratoriums by Ryan Di CorpoAmerica
US Bishops Condemn Racism and Xenophobia during the Coronavirus Pandemic by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic World Report
Forum examines religious persecution 75 years after Auschwitz liberation by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/Crux
At New Year’s Mass, bishop says religious prejudice cannot be tolerated by Catholic News Service/Crux
Nigerian, other African bishops stand against xenophobia in South Africa by Patrick Egwu National Catholic Reporter
Commitment to peace the answer to language of hate by Christopher White /crux
El Paso shooting and the rise of eco-fascism’ The more we can unite social and environmental justice in a program of hope, the greater the difficulty for fascists seeking a hearing by Jeff Sparrow Cruw
Pope compares nationalistic rhetoric to Hitler-speak by CathNews’’
Remembering the day when the ‘politics of personal destruction’ began by Phil Lawle4 CatholicCulture.org
Gregory: Offensive speech, actions 'growing plague' and 'must end' by Catholic Standard/Crux
NJPN Conference told: 'Xenophobia is mainstream and Christianity has to resist that' by Ellen Teague Independent Catholic News
Cupich: 'Never forget' policies that led to Holocaust began with words by Catholic News Service/Crux
Hate crime should be challenged by faith groups, says report by Independent Catholic News
Civil rights advocates, victims’ families urge support for new hate crime reporting bill by Aysha Khan Religion News Service
Hate Speech – who decides what is insulting or offensive? by CathNews New Zealand
Untold Story: Nazi Murder, Torture and ‘Experiments’ on Polish Girls in Ravensbrück Prison Camp by Brian Kelly Catholicism
People who do despicable acts of hate keep praising Donald Trump and so do far right Christians by Shane Phipps Patheos
The Massacre in New Zealand, White Nationalism, and The Christian Response by Henry Karlson Patheos
Jewish Groups Around Globe Express Solidarity With Muslims After Christchurch Attack by Algemeiner Staff Algemeiner
Pope expresses ‘heartfelt solidarity’ with NZ Muslims after mosque attacks by Crux Staff Crux
Christians and Jews must join to fight hatred, promote women, pope says by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service/Angelus
Catholic Bishop Confirms Death Threats by Zenit Staff
Twice-excommunicated bishop loses appeal of hate speech conviction by Catholic News Agency
After fatal shooting in parking lot, church responds in prayer, action by James Ramos Catholic News Service/CatholicPhilly
Sadly, I too am Governor Northam by Pete Ve Patheos
What I learned from challenging Islamophobic language in public by Saadia Ahmad America
If You’re Counting on Basic Human Decency to Stop Fascism, You May be Counting Wrong by Rebecca Bratten Weiss Patheos
Aggressive nationalism is fuelling religious hatred - and the West is failing to act by John Newton Independent Catholic News
Hate crimes rising among young people by Deacon Greg Kandra Patheos
A year after Charlottesville, U.S. Church still struggling with race by Christopher White Crux

Videos

Fear Not!

Book Reviews

Catechetics & Prejudice: How Catholic teaching materials view Jews, Protestants, and racial minorities by John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M Reviewed by Gordon Nary

Catholics

Articles/Commentaries

Two more anti-Catholic attacks: church in El Paso and school in Denver by Joe Bukuras The Catholic New Agency/The Catholic World Report
Responding to anti-Catholic hatred in a rage-filled culture by Susan Ciancio The Catholic World Report

Gypsies

Articles/Commentaries

Roma Genocide - Remembering the Forgotten Victims by David Alton Independent Catholic News
Pope apologizes to gypsies for ‘discrimination and segregation’ by Claire Giangravè Crux
As Italy’s gypsies struggle with stigma, pope’s outreach stands alone by Claire Giangravè Crux
Gypsy Woman Left To Die After Childbirth Among 115 Spanish Martyrs by Jonathan Luxmoore, CNS

Videos

Pope Francis: Stop Prejudice against Gypsies

GLBT

Pope Francis remarks on the Orlando Murders. Here is part of the statement issued by Holy See Press Office Director, Father Federico Lombardi SJ via Vatican Radio:

The terrible massacre that has taken place in Orlando, with its dreadfully high number of innocent victims, has caused in Pope Francis, and in all of us, the deepest feelings of horror and condemnation, of pain and turmoil before this new manifestation of homicidal folly and senseless hatred. Pope Francis joins the families of the victims and all of the injured in prayer and in compassion. Sharing in their indescribable suffering he entrusts them to the Lord so they may find comfort. We all hope that ways may be found, as soon as possible, to effectively identify and contrast the causes of such terrible and absurd violence which so deeply upsets the desire for peace of the American people and of the whole of humanity.

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