Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis discussed the refugee crisis with Pope Francis at a private audience in the Vatican today.
Rabbi Mirvis told the head of the Catholic Church: “"The image that has been seen across the world in the last 24 hours of a young child, washed up on a Turkish beach, demonstrates how urgent and profound our challenges are. We are partners in confronting them."
Pope Francis acknowledged the gravity of the crisis. He said: "This is a world that we share together and we must care for it together."
Rabbi Mirvis was accompanied by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster. The three men also discussed “the aggressive secularisation” of the world, peace in the Middle East and the persecution of religious minorities.
