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Pope Francis calls migrant crisis a ‘shipwreck of civilization’ during refugee camp visit

December 06, 2021

From a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis decried European indifference to the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean as a “shipwreck of civilization.” “The Mediterranean, which for millennia has brought different peoples and distant lands together, is now becoming a grim cemetery without tombstones. This great basin of water, the

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Francis brought three Syrian couples and their children back with him from the Greek island of Lesbos

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During the Regina Coeli, Francis reflected on Saturday's visit to the Greek island of Lesbos

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April 16, 2016

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