Thread: Pope Francis says migrants 'do not invade' Europe

Pope Francis says migrants 'do not invade' Europe



AFP
Sat, September 23, 2023 at 5:12 AM EDT·1 min read



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The pope's remarks were given in front of President Emmanuel Macron (Andreas SOLARO)


Pope Francis on Saturday hammered home his message that European governments must do more to care for migrants crossing the Mediterranean, saying "those who risk their lives at sea do not invade, they look for welcome".

Closing a meeting of bishops and young people from around the Mediterranean in French port city Marseille, he added that migration is "a reality of our times, a process that involves three continents around the Mediterranean and that must be governed with wise foresight, including a European response".

The pope's remarks -- given in front of President Emmanuel Macron, whose government plans tougher measures to control migration -- follow his insistence on arrival in France Friday that "people who are at risk of drowning when abandoned on the waves must be rescued".

The way Europe addresses large numbers of arrivals from the Middle East and North Africa has shot up the political agenda since last week, when thousands of people landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa over just a few days.

The pope also appeared to weigh in on French domestic politics, targeting two of Macron's projects in assisted dying and inscribing the right to abortion in the constitution.

Old people risk being "pushed aside, under the false pretences of a supposedly dignified and 'sweet' death that is more 'salty' than the waters of the sea," Francis warned.

He also spoke of "unborn children, rejected in the name of a false right to progress, which is instead a retreat into the selfish needs of the individual".



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This person is not God, he is a man, no better, no worse than you or I.

He is not in charge of what we do as a country to protect our people and our nations from this MASSIVE invasion of unvetted criminal trespassing parasites who have destroyed their own countries and now destroy ours and our bankrupting us committing crimes and stealing from us. Many of them are full of diseases, STDs, and are raping murdering animals who overbreed in poverty. It is disgusting.

Perhaps we can send the Pope 25 million to his GATED COMPOUND and issue them a tent and let him "welcome" them all with open arms and he can pay for them all with his personal wealth. Someone PLEASE get this underway and drop them on HIS doorstep. We will see how "welcoming" he is. He is full of it.

What a hypocrite. And the reason the Vatican had walls put up were to keep the invading Muslims out centuries ago!

They put themselves at risk of "drowning" when they pay smugglers and go into the sea. I am at risk of a broken neck if I jump off a bridge. You do not put your hand on a hot stove and "risk" burning your skin off either.

Deport them all. Why doesn't the Pope go solve their problems in THEIR country? Go for it!