"This week, as we published a new report at the Jesuit Refugee Service
looking at homelessness amongst refugees, words from Pope Benedict
XVI's encyclical came flooding back to me. Christian love of neighbour,
he said, is a response to and a sharing of God's love. But neighbours
aren't only people like me, because the Christian concept of neighbour
is a universal, that is, a catholic one.
"Benedict warned that this love is especially important where we are
confronted with the idea that we have a 'duty of hatred'. Such a
perverse 'duty of hatred', I realised, finds a close parallel in a key
aspect of government policy towards certain groups of forcibly displaced
people: the hostile environment agenda."
In a recent commentary, Sarah Teather, a former British Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Children and Families, reflected on the message of Pope Benedict XVI in his encyclical Deus Caritas Est as it applies to current attitudes toward immigration in the United Kingdom and other nations.
To access her complete post, please visit:
Catholic Herald: What Benedict XVI can teach us about welcoming refugees (26 JAN 18)
Background report:
Benedict XI: Deus caritas est (On Christian Love) (December 25, 2005)
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