Cardinal Nichols, as this magazine reports, has said some very sensible things about racism and xenophobia in the light of the recent referendum, as well as the necessity of listening to the voiceless. His words should be pondered.
With regard to anti-Polish feeling, all British people, and this particularly applies to Catholics, need to remember that Poland is the land of Copernicus, of Jan Sobieski, of Marie Curie, of Chopin, of Saint John Paul II, and of Lech Walesa. That is a pretty good line up, and is by no means exhaustive. It has produced scientists, saints, musicians, soldiers and at least three people who can be called saviours of Europe from tyranny.
