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and Shirley Slater Chair in Jewish Studies, Boston University

Opening Remarks: Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, Chair of the IHRAĪrchbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with the States, Holy See Opening Remarks and Keynote (18:00-20:00) The conference “Refugee Policies from 1933 until Today: Challenges and Responsibilities” is organized by Advisor to the IHRA, Professor Steven Katz, Co-Head of the Austrian Delegation to the IHRA, Ambassador Michael Baier, Dr Robert Williams, Deputy Director of International Affairs at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (US Delegation to the IHRA) and Dr Veerle Vanden Daelen, adjunct general director and curator of Kazerne Dossin (Belgian Delegation to the IHRA). The current refugee situation is the litmus test for international solidarity.” The IHRA knows all too well the consequences of the international community failing to act. The IHRA Chair, Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, said: “We are honoured to be holding this conference with the Holy See and our cooperation should send a strong signal to the international community that we have both a moral and a historical responsibility to address the present-day situation facing refugees. The draft programme and further information on speakers is available below. Kristina Touzenis, Head of the International Migration Law Unit, International Organization for Migration, and Mr. Stephane Jaquemet, Regional Representative for Southern Europe of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ms. Speakers include Michael O'Flaherty, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, European Union Fundamental Rights Agency, Mr. Silvano Tomasi was Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva and co-founded the Center for Migration Studies, a think tank based in New York. Silvano Maria Tomasi, Secretary Delegate of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. On 16 February Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, Secretariat of State of the Holy See, will address participants on the opening evening of the conference.

The outcome of the conference will be a concrete set of recommendations for international policy-makers. Pope Francis has made compassion and generosity to refugees a hallmark of his papacy, referring to Europe’s migrant crisis as “the greatest humanitarian crisis, after the Second World War.”Īt a time when the current situation of refugees in Europe and the Middle East continues to dominate the news and the political arena, this conference brings together experts in Holocaust history and contemporary policy-makers to reflect on the past with a view to concretely informing positive, ethically responsible, and rational policy-making today. Refugee Policies from 1933 until Today: Challenges and Responsibilities Francis is a glossy handout of the church.From 16-17 February 2017 the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, in cooperation with the Holy See, held a conference for public policy-makers from Europe, North America and the Middle East, media representatives and representatives of NGOs and civil society organizations at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome focusing on refugee policies from 1933 to the present day.

#Pope francis was a bar bouncer and socialist how to

How much more political can one get than in this act! Francis is a very savvy politician who does come across well as he is a learned scholar of, and a child of, modern times, certainly not as genuine, but as one who knows how to effectively walk the halls of power and world opinion.

Recall Francis accepting and retaining the gift of a Jesus nailed to a hammer and sickle. It does not ring true to Jesus except in using Jesus as a political figurehead and in this exists the ultimate blasphemy. Christ, in typical liberation theological thought, is a means to control of people through power and governance. The kingdom of Francis is solely of this world. One might note that the Kingdom was not of this world. Note his allegiance with Cardinal Reinhard Marx who is an avowed Marxist. Note his admiration of the avowed anarchist Dorothy Day. 'Blessed are.' Francis believes in pure socialism as much less of a way of the heart and much more as a system of governance. But this was strictly a voluntary request. Jesus exhorted his followers to give the cloak off of their backs to help those in need.