{"id":1204893,"date":"2022-01-10T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204893"},"modified":"2022-01-10T13:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:24:34","slug":"pope-francis-we-cannot-hide-from-migrants-behind-walls-and-barbed-wires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-we-cannot-hide-from-migrants-behind-walls-and-barbed-wires\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: We Cannot Hide from Migrants \u2018Behind Walls and Barbed Wires\u2019"},"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\">24<\/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-we-cannot-hide-from-migrants-behind-walls-and-barbed-wires%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=1204893&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-521565948-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 Pope Francis railed against the \u201cdehumanization\u201d of migrants Monday, calling for a shared responsibility among European nations in welcoming migrants.<\/p>\n<p>In the face of increasing movements of migration, \u201cwe cannot be indifferent or hide behind walls and barbed wires under the pretext of defending security or a style of life,\u201d the pope told members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See in Monday\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/january\/documents\/20220110-corpo-diplomatico.html\">address<\/a>.<\/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>\u201cI thank all those individuals and governments working to ensure that migrants are welcomed and protected,\u201d the pontiff stated, \u201cand to support their human promotion and integration in the countries that have received them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am aware of the difficulties that some states encounter in the face of a large influx of people,\u201d he said. \u201cNo one can be asked to do what is impossible for them, yet there is a clear difference between accepting, albeit in a limited way, and rejecting completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he has done on other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/12\/22\/pope-francis-no-country-can-exempt-itself-from-duty-to-take-in-migrants\/\">occasions<\/a>, Francis insisted that everyone is responsible for welcoming migrants and no country should wash its hands from this situation.<\/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\">So when will Pope Francis tear down his wicked Vatican Wall and embrace millions of migrants? And when will the Vatican let unvaccinated migrants in? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eawkFWCPdG\">https:\/\/t.co\/eawkFWCPdG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1442331879722598400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere is a need to overcome indifference and to reject the idea that migrants are a problem for others,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results of this approach are evident in the dehumanization of those migrants concentrated in hotspots where they end up as easy prey to organized crime and human traffickers, or engage in desperate attempts to escape that at times end in death,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, we must also note that migrants are themselves often turned into a weapon of political blackmail, becoming a sort of \u2018bargaining chip\u2019 that deprives them of their dignity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The pope took advantage of the occasion to thank the Italian authorities who permitted him to bring back a number of migrants from Cyprus and Greece following his visit there in early December, asserting that it was \u201ca simple yet meaningful gesture.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In his address, Francis rejected the idea that individual nations should draft unilateral policies concerning the reception of migrants, insisting on a coordinated, multilateral approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consider it essential that the European Union arrive at internal cohesion in handling migration movements, just as it did in dealing with the effects of the pandemic,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is a need to adopt a coherent and comprehensive system for coordinating policies on migration and asylum, with a view to sharing responsibility for the reception of migrants, the review of requests for asylum, and the redistribution and integration of those who can be accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This again\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TGWccqI8wB\">https:\/\/t.co\/TGWccqI8wB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1337824950187679750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe capacity to negotiate and discover shared solutions is one of the strong points of the European Union; it represents a sound model for a farsighted approach to the global challenges before us,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of migration, together with the pandemic and climate change, has clearly demonstrated that we cannot be saved alone and by ourselves: the great challenges of our time are all global,\u201d he declared. \u201cIt is thus troubling that, alongside the greater interconnection of problems, we are seeing a growing fragmentation of solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is needed instead is a recovery of our sense of shared identity as a single human family,\u201d he contended. \u201cThe alternative can only be growing isolation, marked by a reciprocal rejection and refusal that further endangers multilateralism, the diplomatic style that has characterized international relations from the end of the Second World War to the present time.\u201d<\/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 railed against the \u201cdehumanization\u201d of migrants Monday, calling for a shared responsibility among European nations in welcoming migrants. 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