{"id":1141312,"date":"2021-12-22T09:19:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141312"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:19:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:19:24","slug":"pope-francis-no-country-can-exempt-itself-from-duty-to-take-in-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-no-country-can-exempt-itself-from-duty-to-take-in-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: \u2018No Country Can Exempt Itself\u2019 from Duty to Take in Migrants"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fpope-francis-no-country-can-exempt-itself-from-duty-to-take-in-migrants%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=1141312&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 Pope Francis appeared to take a shot at Hungary on Wednesday, insisting \u201cno country can exempt itself\u201d from the obligation to take in migrants.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-59748173\">rejected<\/a> a ruling by the European Union\u2019s (EU) Court of Justice that his government had \u201cfailed to fulfil its obligations\u201d to relax its immigration laws.<\/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>\u201cWe will maintain the existing regime, even if the European court ordered us to change it,\u201d Orb\u00e1n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/hungary-challenge-eu-court-ruling-migration-viktor-orban\/\">said<\/a> Tuesday in his end-of-year news conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that we have to stop the migrants at the borders,\u201d he declared. \u201cThis can be solved by one thing: changing the European asylum rules, but this process has not even started yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2021\/documents\/papa-francesco_20211222_udienza-generale.html\">appeal<\/a> following his weekly General Audience Wednesday, Pope Francis said that all European nations should share in the \u201cconsequences\u201d of the migratory phenomenon occurring in the Mediterranean area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE \u2013 Hungary Rejects Mass Migration, Prefers Social Cohesion, Pro-Family Policies <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gwVfPuhhPr\">https:\/\/t.co\/gwVfPuhhPr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1094906002128936960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDuring my visit to Cyprus and Greece, I was able to once again personally touch wounded humanity in refugees and migrants,\u201d the pontiff stated. \u201cI also noted how only some European countries are bearing most of the consequences of this migratory phenomenon in the Mediterranean area, while in reality, a shared responsibility is necessary from which no country can exempt itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pope singled out Italy for praise, while urging other European countries to follow suit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19220290\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237376437.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19220290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237376437-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pope Francis (C) meets an Afghan refugee family, who came from Lesbos, after the general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on December 22, 2021. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn particular, thanks to the generous openness of the Italian authorities, I was able to bring to Rome a group of people I met during my journey: some of them are here among us today. Welcome!\u201d he said. \u201cAs a Church, we will take care of them during the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a small sign that I hope will serve as a stimulus for other European countries, so that they might allow the local ecclesial communities to take care of other brothers and sisters who are in urgent need of being relocated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;UN slams Hungary because their wall is doing its job&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6n97uC6ykn\">https:\/\/t.co\/6n97uC6ykn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/908012415656321027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, there are many local Churches, religious congregations and Catholic organizations who are ready to welcome and accompany them toward a fruitful integration. All that is needed is an open door!\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure as Prime Minister, Viktor Orb\u00e1n has insisted on Hungary\u2019s national sovereignty, underscoring the right of the Hungarian people to decide their own immigration policy rather than having it dictated to them by the European Union.<\/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 Pope Francis appeared to take a shot at Hungary on Wednesday, insisting \u201cno country can exempt itself\u201d from the obligation to take in migrants. 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