Posted on 11/29/2021 7:28:00 PM PST by marshmallow
Pope Francis could reportedly help to bring up to 50 migrants to Italy as part of his trip to Cyprus and Greece this week.
Cypriot government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said that the Vatican wanted to arrange the transfer of migrants currently in Cyprus to Rome, Reuters reported on Nov. 26.
“This is a tangible expression of solidarity by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to people in need, affirming that the Vatican recognizes the problem that the Republic of Cyprus faces today because of the increased migratory flows and the need for a fair distribution among EU member states,” Pelekanos said, according to Reuters.
Pope Francis will depart for the Mediterranean island of Cyprus this Thursday for a five-day visit that will also take him to Greece. The trip is expected to highlight the plight of migrants seeking to enter Europe, mainly from the Middle East and Africa.
The last time that Pope Francis visited Greece, in 2016, he brought three Syrian refugee families from the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos back with him to Rome.
Among the refugees relocated with the pope’s help was Majid Alshakarji, who escaped the Syrian civil war at the age of 15.
Five years later, Alshakarji is now studying at a university in Rome to become a dentist and volunteers with the Catholic Community of Sant’Egidio, helping to welcome new refugees to Italy.
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This sort of action will only encourage more migration. Which, I guess, is the whole point.
House these 50 at the Vatican.
There should be plenty of spare room in the Vatican.
Your move, your ‘Holiness’.
Mind boggling obtuseness.
50?
He can do better than that certainly.
He’s a 2nd Timothy 3:5 kind of guy.
Are ANY of the 50 Christian?
The 50 are just representative of the 500,000 wanting to come in.
Frankie would say, what’s that got to do with anything.
Should've been shot dead before the sentence was finished.
Bergoglio's only requirements are that they be vaxxed and tree-huggers.
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