The Tablet
April 27, 2021
A still image taken from a video shows migrants at sea waiting to be rescued by Spanish search-and-rescue ship Open Arms in the Mediterranean Sea in 2020. After the death last week of 130 migrants, who for two days issued distress calls to no avail when their boat met trouble in the Mediterranean, Italian Bishop Antonio Staglianò of Noto, Sicily, called the saving of lives a “duty that cannot be given up… especially if they are in need an in danger.” (Photo:CNS /Open Arms handout via Reuters)
By Elise Ann Allen, Senior Correspondent
ROME (Crux) — One Italian bishop has said Pope Francis’ push for greater brotherhood and solidarity is needed more than ever following the death last week of 130 migrants who for two days issued distress calls to no avail when their boat met trouble in the Mediterranean.