Pope asks for prayer for upcoming trip to Lesbos
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
on Wednesday issued an appeal for prayers for his upcoming trip to the Greek
Island of Lesbos, where he will meet with some of the tens of thousands of
refugees who have passed through the island.
“Next Saturday I will go to
the Island of Lesbos, where many refugees have passed in recent months,”
the Pope said, speaking during his 13 April general audience at the Vatican.
“I will go, together with my
brothers Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew, Archbishop Ieronymos of
Athens and of all Greece, to express my closeness and solidarity to the
refugees and citizens of Lesbos, and all the Greek people – who are very
generous in their welcoming.”
“I ask you to please
accompany me with prayer, invoking the light and strength of the Holy Spirit
and the maternal intercession of the Virgin Mary.”
Pope Francis will travel to
Lesbos Saturday, 16 April at the invitations of the Ecumenical Patriarch of
Constantinople, Bartholomew I, and of Greek President, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the
Vatican announced 7 April.
One million refugees have
made their way to Greece over the past year. Lesbos is a major entry point for
refugees, which has received tens of thousands of people, many of them fleeing
the war in Syria.
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