Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch Pope Francis process through the streets and celebrate mass in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille.
MARSEILLE, France -- Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch Pope Francis process through the streets and celebrate mass in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille Saturday, where the pontiff has waded into an inflamed European debate about accepting migrants.
The Mediterranean port is a "cosmopolitan, multicultural, multireligious" hub but "faces huge difficulties, drug trafficking that costs human lives every day, the problem of housing", Domingo added. In unprepared remarks added at the end of his speech, the pope thanked aid groups rescuing migrants in danger at sea, condemning efforts to prevent their activity as "gestures of hate"."These hindrances to our mission, this criticism is very violent, and to have a message from the pope himself, here in Marseille... in view of the sea, it's very powerful," he told AFP after Francis' speech.
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