Pope Francis’ prioritization of the plight of migrants and refugees continued was a focus of his pontificate, both in words and in action.
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Pope: Migrants Seeking New Life End Up Instead in ‘Hell’ of Detention
Decrying the unimaginable “hell” migrants experience in detention centers, Pope Francis urged all Christians to examine how they do or don’t help — as Jesus commanded — the people God has placed in their path.
Miami Archbishop says Trump ‘Rhetoric’ Causing Fear in Migrant Community
Reflecting on Pope Francis’s recent Mass on the 6thanniversary of his visit to Lampedusa – the small Italian island where he remembered the estimated 20,000 migrants who have died crossing the Mediterranean – Miami’s archbishop says “Lampedusa has been happening off the coast of Florida for the past 50 years.”