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Sunday, December 5, 2021

Pope condemns ‘shipwreck of civilisation’ while comforting migrants in Greece

Pope Francis returned to the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blasted what he said was the indifference and self-interest shown by Europe “that condemns to death those on the fringes.”“Please, let us stop this shipwreck of civilisation!” Pope Francis said at the Mavrovouni camp, a cluster of white UN containers on the edge of the sea lined by barbed wire fencing and draped with laundry hanging from lines.Arriving at the camp, a maskless Pope…


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