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September 20, 2016

Catholic Social Thought: Preserving Human Dignity Through Solidarity Blog Post

by Valeria Balza

Over the last two years a river of blood has been spilled in the name of religion. We have witnessed the ongoing persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Buddhist Myanmar; brutal bombings in several cities including Paris, Beirut, Baghdad, Ankara, Brussels, and Lahore; an attack on a Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan; a synagogue targeted in Jerusalem; the assaults on Muslim civilians in the Central African Republic by Christian militants; ISIS’ persecution of the Yazidi; and the numerous other victims across faiths and continents that have suffered—and died—from religious violence.