Pope Leo XIV criticises European leaders in speech about immigration: The seas are "cemeteries without headstones"
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Far from the postcard landscapes, the first day of the Pontiff on the islands was marked by the pateras, the victims of exploitation and a Church called to open to the margins. More information: The Pope cries out from the old pier of the shame of Arguineguín: "Human dignity has no passport"
"You can't talk about dignity and let the seas be cemeteries," said Leon XIV in the Canary Islands.
In the last part of his pilgrimage to Spain, Pope Leon visited refugee camps in the Canary Islands.
Pope Leo XIV criticized European governments. "If others have set a price for you, know that God has never ceased to recognize your pricelessness," he said during a pilgrimage to Spain. According to the head of the Church, some countries have forgotten who immigrants are. In some regions of the world, he said, cemeteries have been created without tombstones.
Pope Leo XIV has been more explicit than ever in his criticism of anti-immigration policies in Europe, during his visit to the Canary Islands, in a speech delivered at the port of Arguineguín in Gran Canaria, where in 2020 he welcomed almost 3,000 African refugees who remained crowded for months, and who became known as the "port of shame." "Europe cannot proclaim human dignity and get used to the Mediterranean and Atlantic being graveyards with…
Pope Leo XIV criticises European leaders in speech about immigration: The seas are "cemeteries without headstones"
Pope Leo XIV has been more explicit than ever in his criticism towards anti-immigration policies in Europe, as the pontiff visited the Canary Islands, in a speech at port of Arguineguín in Gran Canaria, which in 2020 received nearly 3,000 African refugees were crammed for months, and became known as the "port of shame". "Europe cannot proclaim human dignity and become accustomed to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic being cemeteries without head…
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