Migrants are not a danger but are in danger - Pope
- 8 years ago
“Brought by the waves”
Hundreds of children, many of them migrants, travelled to the Vatican on Saturday for an emotional meeting with Pope Francis.
The children caught a special train from southern Italy to the Vatican’s own railway station.
Visiting Vatican aboard “Children’s Train,” Pope tells 500 kids: “Migrants are not a danger, they are in danger!” pic.twitter.com/9Dhrbl4GwN— Rich Raho (@RichRaho) 28 mai 2016
The majority were Italian, but some were migrant children living in Italy after having been rescued while trying to cross the Mediterranean.
The theme of the meeting was “Brought by the waves”, referring to the bringing together of Italian children and those arriving in Europe from across the Mediterranean.
“Not a danger but in danger”
The Pontiff told the children that migrants “are not dangerous but are in danger.”
He showed them an orange life jacket he was given by a Spanish rescuer.
“He brought me this life jacket and, crying a little bit, he said ‘
Hundreds of children, many of them migrants, travelled to the Vatican on Saturday for an emotional meeting with Pope Francis.
The children caught a special train from southern Italy to the Vatican’s own railway station.
Visiting Vatican aboard “Children’s Train,” Pope tells 500 kids: “Migrants are not a danger, they are in danger!” pic.twitter.com/9Dhrbl4GwN— Rich Raho (@RichRaho) 28 mai 2016
The majority were Italian, but some were migrant children living in Italy after having been rescued while trying to cross the Mediterranean.
The theme of the meeting was “Brought by the waves”, referring to the bringing together of Italian children and those arriving in Europe from across the Mediterranean.
“Not a danger but in danger”
The Pontiff told the children that migrants “are not dangerous but are in danger.”
He showed them an orange life jacket he was given by a Spanish rescuer.
“He brought me this life jacket and, crying a little bit, he said ‘