Pope Francis on Saturday condemned 'belligerent nationalisms' and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming 'the graveyard of dignity'.
Pope Francis is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a meeting at Palais du Pharo, on the occasion of the Mediterranean Meetings , in Marseille, France, September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Yara NardiMARSEILLES, France, Sept 23 - Pope Francis on Saturday condemned "belligerent nationalisms" and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming "the graveyard of dignity".
"There is a cry of pain that resonates most of all, and it is turning the Mediterranean, the 'mare nostrum', from the cradle of civilization into the 'mare mortuum', the graveyard of Francis was welcomed at the windy portside where the conference centre is located by President Emmanuel Macron, with whom he was due to have a private meeting later on Saturday before returning to Rome.
Later at the conference, he called for "an ample number of legal and regular entrances" of migrants, with emphasis on accepting those fleeing war, hunger and poverty, rather than on "preservation of one's own wellbeing".
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