Soon, Pope Leo XIV will travel to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, returning to a place that has become one of the most powerful symbols of the migrant crisis and the Church’s call to solidarity with the vulnerable. The visit comes thirteen years after Pope Francis made Lampedusa the destination of the very first journey of his pontificate in 2013, shortly after a migrant boat capsized in the Strait of Sicily, claiming countless lives. At the t…
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