Pope Defends Migrants on Symbolic Visit to Key Immigration Hub Lampedusa
The pope prayed at a cemetery for unidentified migrants and called for safe, legal migration pathways as the EU expands detention powers.
- Pope Leo XIV visited Lampedusa, Italy, on Saturday to deliver a stark message to United States and European Union leaders on the migration frontline during America's 250th anniversary of independence.
- The visit follows Leo's previous criticism of President Donald Trump's administration as "inhuman" regarding migrant treatment, and comes two weeks after the European Union approved stricter detention powers.
- Lampedusa sits 145km off the coast of Tunisia and is known for compassion, yet around 1,330 people died or went missing attempting the Central Mediterranean crossing last year, per the International Organization for Migration.
- Filippo Ungaro, UNHCR spokesman, said Leo's presence "sends a clear message at a time when the global political debate on migration is often framed around borders and deterrence rather than protection and shared responsibility."
- On Friday, Leo called for "moderation" in United States public discourse, emphasizing that "successive waves of immigrants" have historically shaped the nation's future during his speech marking America's 250th anniversary.
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Independent EspañolLAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, who has clashed with President Donald Trump's government for his offensive against immigration, visited on Saturday the epicenter of Europe's migration debate to pay tribute to the dozens of...
During a visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa, Pope Leo XIV recalls the suffering of boat migrants. He criticizes indifference and "the notion that we are not concerned with these problems."
The Pontiff visits the Italian island, symbol of the migration drama, to demand from Europe "organic policies" and to denounce that the deceased at sea are victims of political inaction
Pope Leo XIV remembered Lampedusa of the migrants who died in the Mediterranean. Later he met migrants and called for more solidarity.
The off-program during the ceremonies on the island
Pope Leo XIV, on the Italian island of Lampedusa, has thought of refugees and migrants who died in the Mediterranean, while at the same time calling for a new EU strategy for migration.
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