Opioid Crisis, Cruelty Toward Migrants Are New Social Ills, Pope Says

Opioid crisis, cruelty toward migrants are new social ills, pope says

VATICAN (CNS): Pope Leo XIV condemned the abuse of vulnerable migrants, stating it is not a legitimate exercise of sovereignty but a grave crime committed or tolerated by governments. “Ever more inhuman measures are being adopted—even celebrated politically—that treat these ‘undesirables’ as if they were garbage and not human beings,” he said without mentioning any specific country during an address to Jubilee of Popular Movements  and the Fifth