Pope Francis is challenging French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty.
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The French government, for its part, has beefed up patrols on its southern border to stop migrants in Italy from crossing over. People wait for the arrival of Pope Francis at the “Velodrome Stadium”, in Marseille, France, to celebrate mass, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.Macron greeted Francis on a wind-swept promenade overlooking Marseille’s old port and helped him walk into the Palais du Pharo for the Mediterranean bishops’ meeting.
“Those who risk their lives at sea do not invade, they look for welcome, for life,” he said. “As for the emergency, the phenomenon of migration is not so much a short-term urgency, always good for fueling alarmist propaganda, but a reality of our times.” Francis, during a two-day visit, will join Catholic bishops from the Mediterranean region in discussions that will largely focus on migration.History’s first Latin American pope has made the plight of migrants a priority of his 10-year pontificate. For his first trip as pope, he traveled to Lampedusa to honor migrants who had drowned while attempting to cross the sea.
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