Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants while visiting gateway island
- Pope Leo XIV has called on European leaders to rise to the "momentous challenge" of handling migration as he visited the Italian island of Lampedusa.
- The pontiff urged Europe to help new arrivals integrate better and improve conditions in their home countries, during a mass on the island, which receives tens of thousands of migrants a year.
- "Those who have lost their lives in this sea are victims both of decisions that were made and of decisions that were not made," the Pope said.
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- Pope Leo XIV has called on European leaders to rise to the "momentous challenge" of handling migration as he visited the Italian island of Lampedusa.
- The pontiff urged Europe to help new arrivals integrate better and improve conditions in their home countries, during a mass on the island, which receives tens of thousands of migrants a year.
- "Those who have lost their lives in this sea are victims both of decisions that were made and of decisions that were not made," the Pope said.
Sources: BBC News