(ANSA) - Vatican City, September 22 - Pope Francis said
Friday he was worried about xenophobia in Europe, adding that
Catholics are not exempt.
"I do not hide my concern in the face of signs of
intolerance, discrimination and xenophobia in different regions
of Europe," the pope said during an audience with the national
directors of the pastoral care of migrants.
"These are often motivated by distrust and fear of each
other, the other, the stranger.
"I am even more worried about the sad fact that our Catholic
communities in Europe are not free from these reactions of
defence and rejection, justified by an unspecified 'moral duty'
to preserve the original cultural and religious identity".
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