Pope Leo is following in his predecessor’s footsteps by placing migrants in the focus of his pontificate.
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Accompaniment, rooted in modern Catholic social thought, calls for putting the needs of the most vulnerable first.
The migratory crisis in Lampedusa prompts us to look beyond the media frenzy and reflect on the real causes and consequences of what is happening on the island.
Standoffs at sea represent yet another attempt by EU officials to obstruct the movement of migrants by producing further bureaucratic blockades to mobility.
The introduction of an African passport has the capacity to bring about increased migration of Africans within Africa.
Safe passage for vulnerable refugees could help stop thousands from making a perilous journey across the Mediterranean.
Europe still hasn’t figured out how to identify or help refugees.
Thirty lifeless bodies found in the bow of a fishing boat carrying 600 migrants off the coast of Sicily have reignited the debate on illegal crossings in the Mediterranean and how the EU should respond…
The latest in a “succession of true slaughters of innocents”. This is how Italian president Giorgio Napolitano described the incident in which hundreds of migrants, mainly from Eritrea and Somalia, died…
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