His Holiness Pope Francis: ‘Welcome, promote, accompany, and integrate’ refugees

A Sudanese woman stands in a hotel recently converted into a temporary refugee shelter  (ANSA)

At his weekly General Audience, His Holiness Pope Francis urges compassion for “all those who are forced to flee their homes in search of peace and security.”

By Joseph Tulloch

Ahead of the UN’s World Refugee Day, which is celebrated on the 20th June, His Holiness Pope Francis has called for called for better treatment for refugees.

Speaking at the end of his weekly General Audience, the Pope called for the World Day to be “an opportunity to turn an attentive and fraternal gaze to all those who are forced to flee their homes in search of peace and security.”

“We are all called to welcome, promote, accompany and integrate those who knock on our doors,” the Pope added. “I pray that States will strive to ensure humane conditions for refugees and to facilitate integration processes”…

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