Bishop Donal Murray has described as ''tragic and inexcusable'' the behaviour of some Christians towards Jews. In the prologue to a new book on Christian involvement in anti-Semitism, Dr Murray says: ''The history of the relationship between Christians and Jews tells of tragic and inexcusable events and attitudes in which people betrayed the principles of their own Christian faith.''
''Those who participated in the many atrocities and injustices against Jewish people, and those who did not intervene when they could have done so, betrayed their own humanity. Many such events are documented in this book and they make sad reading,'' he said.
Holocaust
Referring to Christians who refused to speak out during the Holocaust, he insists that ''for Christians, this heavy burden of conscience of their brothers and sisters during the Second World War must be a call to penitence.''
Christians ''must commit ourselves to ensure that evil does not prevail over good as it did for millions of Jewish people,'' Dr Murray writes.
Raise awareness
He says: ''I hope that this book will help to raise awareness of the evil of prejudice and in particular the evil of anti-Semitism.''
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