VATICAN (CNS): Despite some new tensions, “practically the whole of Christianity is in a process of advancing beyond the controversies and competition of the past, toward greater understanding, trust and solidarity,” said Bishop Brian Farrell, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
 

ROME (CNS): Christians have the teachings and the responsibility to address growing fear of and discrimination against immigrants and refugees, said speakers opening a September 18 to 20 conference in Rome on Xenophobia, Racism and Populist Nationalism in the Context of Global Migration.