Pope Francis celebrated his 85th birthday on December 17 by meeting with a dozen refugees who recently arrived in Italy thanks to the intercession of the Vatican, Catholic movements and authorities in Cyprus, where the pope visited in early December, the Religion News website reports today (December 21, 2021).
"You saved us!" one young Congolese refugee told the pope during the private meeting at the Vatican.
The group's deliverance from refugee camps on Cyprus was arranged during the December 2--6 papal visit to the Mediterranean countries of Cyprus and Greece, where Francis spoke repeatedly and sometimes emotionally about the need for wealthy countries to welcome and integrate immigrants. He urged European nations to work together to ensure the human dignity of asylum seekers and immigrants.
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