A top Vatican cardinal has urged European voters to remember their own migratory roots in showing sympathy to people forced to flee their homes. Cardinal Michael Czerny, Pope Francis’ point-man on migration, spoke Monday ahead of European Parliament elections this week where migration is a big issue.
FILE - The Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Michael Czerny, meets the journalists at the Vatican press hall, in Rome, on March 30, 2023. Cardinal Michael Czerny urged Europe an voters Monday June 3, 2024 to remember their own migratory roots in showing sympathy to people forced to flee their homes, ahead of Europe an Parliament elections this week where migration is a big issue.
“It would also be useful for Europeans to recognize their own migratory roots,” he added. “We know from science that the human race wasn’t born here, and many Europeans hail from people on the move. Francis has made reaching out to migrants a priority of his pontificate and has called for receiving countries, within their means, to welcome, protect, promote and integrate migrants. But many politicians have capitalized on Europeans’ fear of migrants, including in Italy, where migration regularly features prominently in election campaigns.
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