From Greece to Lambadusa, the migration crises and the Canary Islands that led to the pope traveling

The Archbishop of Constantinople, the Archbishop of Bartoloma I and Athens, Jeranimo II, to go to Lesbos and highlight the adults, 2016 in 2016 Immigration issue Worldwide. They kissed their hands at the welcome and identity center with refugees and immigrants.

St. Bondif praised the role of Greece on the Immigration issue, and despite the economic crisis, he welcomed thousands of refugees and immigrants. “Pope Francis wanted to attract the attention of the world in particular on the issue of refugee,” explains the ‘EuroNus’ of Athens Catholic Archbishop Theodoros Conditis.

The Migration crisisSays Conditis, “He had already had the dimensions of the global crisis because an international mobilization must have been an international mobilization, because it is a relatively small country like Greece. It is not just a social and political issue, but a human issue. Sensitivity What an important example. “

Immigration is one of the most frequent problems of Pope Francis

“Los Refugee They are not numbers. They said in 2016, in the midst of the Syrian refugees, in the midst of the Syrian refugees, they said, “They are face, names, stories, and people.”

“We understand this sensitivity if their autobiography and how many pages are dedicated to their own grandparents. They are confronted with poverty, impoverished, in poverty, inability, or many of those immigrants organized. JourneyEtc., they often stole them and left them again without money, ”says Theodoros Conditis.

“He lived all this. He has heard it at home. He has heard it from his parents and his grandmother and his grandfather. So it is a The experience of his family That is why it is particularly sensitive to this problem, ”says the Catholic Archbishop of Athens.

Not just in Greece: Lumpadusa to his will to visit the Canary Islands

Pope Francis is pending and concerned about different migration crises and their effects. In 2013, Visited Lamadusa of Italian IslandThe ship was moved in an accident a few days ago. The Pope said, “Our society has forgotten what weeping with others, and the globalization of negligence has taken our ability.”

In addition, Pope Francis had revealed him The purpose of traveling the canary islands To follow closely Migration issue In the islands, one of the most anticipated visits in Spain is that it is unable to carry out health problems.

By the end of September 2024, when the beaches were on Iron Since more than 60 people died, there was one of the largest ship accidents, and the tragedies of the migrants in the sea “cry”, Francisco said. “The missing persons on the Canary Islands were injured, many immigrants seeking freedom and those who were seeking independence,” he said of the Canarian Immigration Crisis.

The second visit to Greece in 2021

In 2021 when Pontiff visited Greece for the second time. He went back to Lesbos Refugees and migrants. From there, he criticized the attitude of those who refused to address the issue in Europe.

In addition, Francisco was in Athens where he met The political and religious leaders of the countryThe Mass was celebrated in the main hall of the Athens concert room and delivered speeches to the youth.

A feature of Pope Francis Humility. He moved in a small car. He avoided staying in luxury hotels. It took place during the journey to Athens in 2021.

“I liked a simple churchNear the singles, the poor near the poor. A church that is free from the aspirations of powerful, wealth and influence and world glory, “Underlines the Catholic Archbishop of Athens, Theodore Conditis.

“This is the freedom to give simplicity and the gospel, because it is the freedom of Christ, the freedom of the Gospel, the freedom of the Holy Francis, he has received his name. He really wanted to follow this example. It is not just a name and for all people, every, one, and a law and a law, and a law. The message of hope To the world today, “Says the Archbishop.

In 2022, the Vatican He returned to Greece, three pieces of the sculptures of the area, for the Athens and all the Greek in a symbol of the Pope. In 2023, Francisco addressed the Plaza de Chan Point Pedro Believers, referring to the fire that destroyed Greece at that time, expressing unity with the Greek people.