Pope Leo XIV “Wholehearted” Support for the Chagos Refugees Group

Pope Leo XIV “wholehearted” support for the Chagos Refugees Group

In a meeting with members of the Chagos Refugees Group, Pope Leo XIV expressed his “wholehearted” encouragement for the group’s actions – following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV defends rights of refugees evicted to build US military base - The Dialog

Pope Leo XIV blessed five statues of Mary that refugees evicted from their islands in order to build a major U.S. military base plan to place in the chapels they hope to restore when they return to their homelands. “The renewed prospect of your return to your native archipelago is an encouraging sign and carries symbolic power on the international stage: all peoples, even the smallest and weakest, must be respected by the powerful in their ident…