Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – “The Colombian Church, through the Episcopal Conference, wishes to express its deepest sense of solidarity with the Roma peoples around the world and in particular with the Roma who have lived in Colombia for several centuries; taking advantage of the commemoration of the genocide perpetrated by the Nazi Reich during the Second World War”, declares the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), in a note from its Department of Missionary Animation and for Ethnic Groups, on the occasion of the 77th World Holocaust Day of the Roma people, which is celebrated today, August 2. In the message signed by Fr. Omer Giraldo, director of the Ethnic area, recalled that the Roma population has its origins in the Asian region of Kannauj, in northern India and has been characterized throughout its history by being “a people with a nomadic tendency which also carries within it a firm conviction of freedom, (…) Family ties are an enormous cultural force for this ethnic group, as well as their convictions, their faith in God and the richness of expressions, such as music and dance”.
AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Bishops express solidarity on the occasion of the World Holocaust Day of the Roma people – Agenzia Fides
AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Bishops express solidarity on the occasion of the World Holocaust Day of the Roma people – Agenzia Fides
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