Pope Francis visits Marseille as anti-migrant views grow in Europe with talk of fences and blockades

Pope decries indifference toward migrants, as he prays for the dead in Marseille

Pope Francis challenged French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty, insisting Saturday that the continent isn’t facing a migration “emergency” but rather a long-term reality that governments must deal with humanely.

Pope Francis calls on Europe to welcome migrants

During a speech in France, the Catholic leader urged a humane pan-European response to migration. French President Emmanuel Macron attended the address as his government deliberates a harsher response to asylum-seekers.

After the meeting with the last people in the house of the Sisters of Mother Teresa, the speech at the Irencontres Méditerranéennes. “Just saying 'enough' to migrations means closing our eyes to the future: integration is tiring, but it prepares for the future.” The invitation to the Churches of the different shores of the Mediterranean: evaluate the opportunity of a common Episcopal Conference.

The highest leader of the Catholic Church says that migrants are people who are only looking for a better life. Still in this newspaper, João Gomes Cravinho rejects being weakened as Minister.

Pope decries indifference toward migrants, as he prays for the dead in the French port of Marseille

Pope Francis has blasted what he calls the “fanaticism of indifference” that greets migrants seeking a better life in Europe. His comments came as he arrived Friday in the French port of Marseille amid a new influx of would-be refugees from Africa that has sparked a backlash from some of Europe’s increasingly anti-migrant leaders. Francis presided over a silent moment of prayer at a memorial dedicated to sailors and migrants lost at sea, surround

Pope Francis insists Europe doesn't have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open ports

Pope Francis is challenging French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty