Pope asks politicians for immigration reform

September

Pope Benedict XVI said there is an “emergency” of illegal immigration in his Sunday sermon and he encouraged Europe’s elected officials to address the problem in a humanitarian way. He also said that sending countries bear some of the responsibility for illegal immigration and that leaders of these countries have to remove the causes of illegal immigration. Here is a link to the Voice of America article on the Pope’s address.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pm by egarcia.
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