The Catholic Association for Racial Justice (CARJ) have released this statement, posted at the website of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales. These are the concluding sentences of their statement - emphasis added by me:
CARJ and the Runnymede Trust have worked side by side in the struggle for racial justice over many years. We have drawn on the work of Runnymede and occasionally involved them in our work. In many ways, we share a similar analysis of British society and a similar vision for the future. We have many values and aspirations in common. It is from this position of genuine solidarity, and with some hesitation, that we express our deep disappointment in Runnymede’s analysis of faith schools.
Ironically, this report is guilty of exactly what it criticises in faith schools – a failure to develop an empathetic understanding that is able to reach across traditions and beliefs.
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