Pope Leo calls for action on \u2018tragic drama\u2019 of migration
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\nPope Leo XIV called for a global response to the \u201ctragic drama\u201d of migration and said world peace was a \u201ctrue global imperative\u201d in an unprecedented address to the Spanish parliament on Monday.<\/p>\n
In his address to parliament, he called for \u201csafe and legal pathways\u201d for immigration and for migrants to be given \u201ca respectful welcome and real opportunities for integration.\u201d<\/p>\n
In contrast with many of its European allies, Spain under Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has a relatively liberal immigration policy.<\/p>\n
But the government is under pressure on the issue from the main conservative Popular Party and from far-right party Vox, now the nation\u2019s third-largest political force.<\/p>\n
The pope\u2019s seven-day visit to Spain will include a trip to the Canary Islands. The Spanish archipelago has become one of the main entry points for irregular migrants into Europe.<\/p>\n
The pope also called for \u201cpatient dialogue\u201d instead of conflict and rearmament in Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n
The visit will conclude on Thursday and Friday in the Canary Islands, where the pope will be joined by Sanchez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pope Leo calls for action on \u2018tragic drama\u2019 of migration —————————————- Pope Leo XIV called for a global response to the \u201ctragic drama\u201d of migration and said world peace was a \u201ctrue global imperative\u201d in an unprecedented address to the Spanish parliament on Monday. In his address to parliament, he called for \u201csafe and legal …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[10359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-migration-news"],"yoast_head":"\n