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Pope Francis called for more to be done to fight anti-Semitism
Pontiff said it is vital to preserve the memory of the Holocaust
Catholic Church's leader met with rabbis in the Vatican today

Published: 09:03 EST, 5 November 2018 | Updated: 09:55 EST, 5 November 2018

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Pope Francis has called for global efforts to ensure that anti-Semitism is 'banned from the human community'.

The pontiff lamented current anti-Semitic attitudes and said it is vital to preserve the memory of the Holocaust, as he greeted visiting rabbis at the Vatican on Monday.

His comments came just over a week after 11 people were killed in an attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh, United States.

Faith unity: Pope Francis, pictured today meeting the President of Paraguay, said it is vital to preserve the memory of the Holocaust

'We are called to commit ourselves to ensure anti-Semitism is banned from the human community,' Francis said during a meeting with rabbis from the World Congress of Mountain Jews.

Mountain Jews are the descendants of Jews who left ancient Persia and settled in the Caucasus.

Francis said the Holocaust, in which the Nazis murdered six million Jews around Europe during World War Two, must continue to be commemorated to keep its memory alive.

'Without a living memory, there will be no future, for if the darkest pages of history do not teach us to avoid the same errors, human dignity will remain a dead letter,' he said.

He noted the recent 75th anniversary of the deportation of Rome's Jews by Nazi occupiers and that November 9 will be the 80th anniversary of 'Kristallnacht,' the night when mobs ransacked thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses in Germany and Austria.

Pope Francis is seen during his audience with Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez, left, and his wife Silvana Lopez Moreira at the Vatican, Monday

'Sadly, anti-Semitic attitudes are also present in our own times. As I have often repeated, a Christian cannot be an anti-Semite, we share the same roots,' Francis said, stressing the importance of inter-faith dialogue.

In the run-up to Tuesday's contentious U.S. elections, in which immigration has become a central issue, racist fliers have been reported on university campuses in at least five states, while synagogues in New York and California have been sprayed with anti-Semitic graffiti.

Last month, in the worst attack ever against U.S. Jews, a gunman yelling 'All Jews must die' stormed a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 worshippers and wounding six other people including four police officers, before he was arrested.

Last week British police launched an investigation into alleged anti-Semitic hate crimes within the opposition Labour Party, after a report that Labour itself had found evidence of party members threatening politicians.