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Explain how Christians might put their beliefs about racism into action.
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- Mon Oct 27 2003

... Explain how Christians might put their beliefs about racism into action The Roman Catholic Church does not agree with racism. In 1965 the second Vatican council made a declaration on the relation of the church to non-church religions (nostra aetate). It said: "The church reproves, as foreign to the mind of Christ, and discrimination against people, or any harassment of them on the basis of their race, colour, condition in life or religion." After that was published, pope john Paul 11 asked the church to produce a fuller report on racism. It basically has in it that the roman catholic church is against racism and racial discrimination, how god loves everyone the same no matter what, apartheid in south Africa must be abolished and how the church wants to change racist attitudes etc. I think that its obvious that the roman catholic church despises racism and wants to destroy it, but what are they














