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Racism is a sin, and I have compiled quotes below from the Catholic, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, and Anglican Churches to prove that authoritatively.
"Today, on the contrary the conviction is widespread that all men are equal in natural dignity; and so, on the doctrinal and theoretical level, at least, no form of approval is being given to racial discrimination."
— Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris, 11 April 1963
"Racism is a sin that constitutes a serious offence against God."
— Pope John Paul II, Angelus, 26 August 2001
"How important it is, especially in our time, that every Christian community increasingly deepens its awareness of this in order also to help civil society overcome every possible temptation to give into racism, intolerance and exclusion and to make decisions that respect the dignity of every human being!"
— Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 17 August 2008
"We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life."
— Pope Francis, General Audience, 3 June 2020
"It is contrary to Orthodox ethics to divide nations into the best and the worst and to belittle any ethnic or civic nation."
— Russian Orthodox Church, The Basis of the Social Concept
"It is our moral duty and obligation to uphold the sanctity of every human being... I will continue to stand in the breach together with all those who are committed to preserving peace, justice, and equality for every citizen of goodwill, regardless of their race, religion, gender or ethnic origin."
— Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Facebook, 3 June 2020
"Christianity condemns racial or any other sort of discrimination... There is no basis for racism in Christianity."
— Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States
"Racism is a sin. Of this, we have no doubt."
— Archbishops of Canterbury and York, 22 April 2021
