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Pope chides Europe, comforts migrants on return to Lesbos

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LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was Europe's

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  1. Independent Tribune

    Pope chides Europe, comforts migrants on return to Lesbos (opens Independent Tribune)

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    LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was Europe's

  2. Tucson

    Pope returns to Greek isle at heart of Europe migrant debate (opens Tucson)

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    LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis returned Sunday to Lesbos, the Greek island at the heart of a massive wave of migration into Europe to comfort its asylum-seekers, after pointedly

  3. Greensboro News & Record

    Shipwreck of civilization: Pope comforts migrants on Lesbos (opens Greensboro News & Record)

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    LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was the

  4. CNN

    Pope Francis decries 'shipwreck of civilization' as he visits refugees on Greek island of Lesbos (opens CNN)

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    Pope Francis met with refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos Sunday, his second trip to the island -- which has become a symbol of the migrant crisis -- in five years.

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Pope Francis says migrants' plight 'tragic' on Lesbos | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The head of the Catholic church has condemned what he's called the exploitation of migrants for political purposes. Over 2,000 migrants are on the Greek island of Lesbos, one of the main entry points for asylum seekers in Europe.

  6. France 24

    Pope Francis calls neglect of migrants the 'shipwreck of civilisation' on visit to Lesbos (opens France 24)

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    Pope Francis on Sunday returned to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, calling the neglect of migrants the "shipwreck of civilisation".

  7. Voice of America

    Pope Francis Visiting Migrant Camp on Greek Island of Lesbos (opens Voice of America)

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    Greek island was at the forefront of Europe's refugee crisis

  8. France 24

    Pope Francis to visit asylum seekers on Greece's Lesbos island (opens France 24)

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    Pope Francis will on Sunday return to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, to plead for better treatment of refugees as attitudes towards immigrants harden across…

  9. Al Jazeera

    Don’t exploit migrants for politics, pope says on Lesbos visit (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Pope Francis has denounced Europe’s fear and indifference to migrants on his second visit to the Greek island of Lesbos.

  10. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Pope calls migrant crisis 'shipwreck of civilisation' (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    LESBOS, Greece -- Pope Francis condemned the exploitation of migrants for political purposes on Sunday during a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, branding the global indifference to their

  11. Deutsche Welle

    Pope Francis meets migrants at Lesbos refugee camp | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The pope condemned the neglect migrants face as the "shipwreck of civilization." Francis spent time with refugees at a temporary facility on the island, built to quickly replace the Moria camp that burned down last year.

  12. France 24

    Pope calls neglect of migrants 'shipwreck' on Lesbos visit (opens France 24)

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    Pope Francis on Sunday returned to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, calling the neglect of migrants the "shipwreck of civilisation".

  13. The Guardian

    Pope castigates Europe over migration crisis during return to Lesbos (opens The Guardian)

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    Francis says fear, indifference and cynical disregard continue to condemn people to death at sea

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