“At the event, Leo addressed immigrants directly. ‘I want to bow before your dignity,’ he said. ‘You are not just numbers or files. You are people who have left behind families and homes. You have dreams that no one has the right to despise.’”
Pope Leo XIV “spoke directly to the church and states — especially in Europe — underlining their duty to promote and protect migrants.”
"Leo said those who exploit migrants are ‘monsters’ — as are people who are indifferent to their suffering.” religionnews.com/2026/06/11/p...
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LAS PALMAS, Spain (RNS) — At a Canary Islands port marked by migrant suffering, Pope Leo XIV told survivors of trafficking that their dignity cannot be taken from them and warned Europe that every boa...
