During his visit to Lampedusa, Pope Leo XIV said Europe had both the capacity and the responsibility to respond to migration with compassion and long-term planning.
Lampedusa, Italy’s southernmost island, has become a migration hub for the sea route across the Mediterranean, with almost 10,000 people arriving in one week in 2023, nearly double the island’s population.
During his homily in the Arena Sports Field on July 4, the Pope said the migration crisis “is a task not only for public institutions but also for civil society as a whole and for the Church.”
