Pope Francis on Lesbos: Stop this shipwreck of civilization
06/12/2021 Lesbos, GreeceThe Pope on Sunday visited the Reception and Identification Centre of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. While there, he heard the testimonies of migrants, and told those present migration is a humanitarian crisis that concerns everyone.
Five years ago, Pope Francis came to the island of Lesbos to see for himself the plight of migrants here. On Sunday, as part of his Apostolic Visit to Greece, he was greeted by thousands of migrants at the Mytilene camp onthis island, telling them “I am here to see your faces and look into your eyes.”
Quoting Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, he said, “those who are afraid of you have not looked you in the eye… They have forgotten that migration is not an issue for the Middle East and Northern Africa, for Europe and Greece… Read more »