Pope Francis: Migrants an opportunity for dialogue
among cultures
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
over the weekend sent his support to an event taking place in the Italian
Diocese of Ugento-S. Maria di Leuca called “Mediterranean: A Sea of Bridges,”
which brought together young people from Europe and the countries bordering the
Mediterranean to create a Charter which would help stop the Mediterranean from
being a “sea of death.”
In a message sent through the
Secretary of State, Pope Francis express his wish that the event “enkindle a
renewed commitment to promoting a culture of hospitality and solidarity, and
thus promote peace and fraternity among peoples.”
The message went on to say
the Holy Father encouraged the participants at the meeting to “consider the
presence of so many brothers and sisters who are migrants to be an opportunity
of human growth, of meeting and dialogue among cultures and religions, and also
even an occasion to witness to the Gospel of Charity.”
The meeting, which concluded
on Sunday, issued the Charter of Leuca, which pledged the
participants’ willingness “to preserve, to reconstruct, and to bring together
the bridges linking the countries of the Mediterranean.”
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