Pope Leo urges ‘human family’ to do more to welcome refugees and warns people traffickers to expect ‘divine justice’

Pope Leo XIV is travelling to the Canary Islands to draw attention to the plight of migrants who risk their lives every year trying to reach Europe.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is visiting the Canary Islands on Thursday to draw attention to the plight of migrants who risk their lives every year trying to

Europe News: BARCELONA: Pope Leo XIV is visiting the Canary Islands on Thursday to draw attention to the plight of migrants who risk their lives every year trying .

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday to meet migrants, many of whom survived a dangerous Atlantic crossing to reach the archipelago.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday to meet migrants, many of whom survived a dangerous Atlantic crossing to reach the archipelago.

Leo XIV visits Gran Canaria to meet migrants and volunteers in Arguineguín before leading a large open-air mass attended by thousands on the island. #EuropeNews

Leo XIV visits Gran Canaria to meet migrants and volunteers in Arguineguín before leading a large open-air mass attended by thousands on the island. #EuropeNews

Pope Leo will meet with about 1,000 migrants on Friday who have braved dangerous Atlantic waters to reach Europe.

At the Canary Islands' former "dock of shame," Leo delivered the most pointed migration speech of his papacy.

“Human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border,” said the pontiff while visiting the island of Gran Canaria.

The pope visited the port of Arguineguin, a flashpoint of a migration crisis in the Canary Islands. He argued European leaders cannot claim human dignity while allowing the…

Pontiff calls on leaders to treat migrants more humanely as he concludes week-long Spanish tour in Gran Canaria

Pontiff makes ‘appeal to the conscience’ of politicians during visit to Spain’s Canary Islands

The meeting took place during Pope Leo XIV’s week-long trip to Spain, where he highlighted the dangers faced by migrants crossing to the Canary Islands.

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Pope Leo XIV visited the Canary Islands on Thursday, where he issued a forceful defense of migrants.

"Todos, de alg�n modo, somos migrantes, todos somos peregrinos en camino a la patria celestial. Ayud�monos a hacer de esta traves�a un lugar m�s humano para todos,...

"Todos, de alg�n modo, somos migrantes, todos somos peregrinos en camino a la patria celestial. Ayud�monos a hacer de esta traves�a un lugar m�s humano para todos,...

On the final day of his Spanish tour, Pope Leo XIV on Friday visited Tenerife, the largest of the Canary islands, where he urged migrants to do their part to integrate and host…

Pope Leo XIV told migrants at a reception centre on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Friday that "all of us are migrants", on the final day of a weeklong visit to Spain focused…