{"id":1061667,"date":"2021-11-28T11:13:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T16:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1061667"},"modified":"2021-11-28T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T16:13:46","slug":"minister-pope-franciss-words-on-migrant-deaths-do-not-mean-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minister-pope-franciss-words-on-migrant-deaths-do-not-mean-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister: Pope Francis\u2019s Words on Migrant Deaths Do Not Mean Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminister-pope-franciss-words-on-migrant-deaths-do-not-mean-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1061667&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday that Pope Francis mention of the Mediterranean Sea as a migrant \u201cgraveyard\u201d cannot be construed to refer to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Despite recent accusations against Russia as being responsible for the Belarusian-Polish migration crisis, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.sputniknews.com\/20211128\/moscou-commente-les-propos-du-pape-sur-la-mediterranee-devenue-un-cimetiere-a-migrants-1053700655.html\">noted<\/a> that the waters of the Mediterranean bathe neither the coasts of Russia nor those of Belarus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday, the pope <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/11\/27\/pope-francis-admonishes-europe-hostility-migrants\/\">lamented<\/a> the unfriendly reception migrants often receive in Europe and elsewhere, going on to refer to the Mediterranean Sea as a graveyard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many have lost their lives at sea!\u201d the pontiff said. \u201cToday our sea, the Mediterranean, is a great cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13883387\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Libya-migrants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13883387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Libya-migrants.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Spanish NGO Maydayterraneo take a group of migrants from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Aita Mari rescue boat during the rescue of 65 migrants in the Mediterranean international waters off the Libyan coast on February 10, 2020. - With the 65 people rescued today, a total of 158 migrants are aboard the Spanish rescue boat Aita Mari after yesterday other group of 93 African migrants were rescued by the Maydayterraneo NGO off the coast of Libya. (Photo by Pablo Garcia \/ AFP) (Photo by PABLO GARCIA\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Members of the Spanish NGO Maydayterraneo take a group of migrants from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan to a rescue boat during the rescue of 65 migrants in the Mediterranean waters off the Libyan coast on February 10, 2020. (PABLO GARCIA\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On November 9, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accused Vladimir Putin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/poland-vladimir-putin-border-crisis-russia-belarus-mateusz-morawiecki\/\">orchestrating<\/a> the situation of the thousands of migrants trying to enter Poland from Belarus, warning that this attack risked destabilizing the country as well as the European Union.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On the same day, Peter Stano, spokesman for the European Commission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-59215769\">accused<\/a> Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of behaving like a \u201cgangster\u201d by fueling migrant smuggling to put pressure on the EU after the adoption of sanctions against Minsk for human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko told refugees on November 25 that his country would help those who want to return home, but not force them. He nevertheless stressed that Belarus would not hold back \u201cthose who want to go west.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to these and other accusations, Zakharova said the West is trying to blame Moscow for the situation on the border between Belarus and Poland as a political ploy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.601593625498\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pope Francis said Sunday that he hears the cries of migrants in Libya and appealed for an end to repatriation and the establishment instead of \u201cregular migration routes.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hdUPT5mOYy\">https:\/\/t.co\/hdUPT5mOYy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1452279645215367172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey are looking for something that they could sell to their electorate, their citizens and the international community to explain why they are in such a situation again. That is why they need an external factor,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, they point to the Belarusian authorities,\u201d she added, and then they \u201cinvoke Russia as a major cause that can be blamed for any situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The West acts in this way because it \u201cdoes not like and does not want to admit its faults,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Zakharova has <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1366569\">called<\/a> out Joe Biden by name, saying his hostility toward Russia \u201cborders on blatant Russophobia,\u201d in reference to recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/us-slaps-sanctions-on-another-nord-stream-firm\/\">sanctions<\/a> against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and his administration\u2019s alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/world\/1366325\">mistreatment<\/a> of Russian nationals living in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday that Pope Francis mention of the Mediterranean Sea as a migrant \u201cgraveyard\u201d cannot be construed to refer to Russia. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}