No one can remain indifferent to the way minority groups are increasingly the object of so much fear, scorn and hatred, Pope Francis has said.
He added that those who profit from exploiting foreigners or people in precarious situations and those who contribute to today's new forms of slavery will one day have to answer to God for the choices they have made.
The Pope's remarks came in a written speech he handed to participants attending a conference on "Xenophobia, Racism and Populist Nationalism in the Context of Global Migration." The gathering was jointly hosted by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Geneva-based World Council of Churches in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
