Pope Francis has arrived in Marseille for a two-day trip to meet with migrants across the Mediterranean, as well as to urge Europeans to allow migrants to be rescued by humanitarian groups conducting rescue missions.
For those countries that have barred new migrant arrivals, Francis said, “There were two words that resounded, fueling people’s fears: ‘Invasion’ and ‘emergency.’”
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As Pope Francis heads to Marseille this weekend for a summit on the Mediterranean, two towering issues will loom large, and those are the ongoing migration crisis amid a new surge in arrivals to Europe as well as the global climate agenda.