By Philip Pullella MARSEILLES, France (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday condemned
"belligerent nationalisms" and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, whereJann Arden in HRM helping Habitat for Humanity | SaltWireMARSEILLES, France - Pope Francis on Saturday condemned"belligerent nationalisms" and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming"the graveyard of dignity".
dignity: it is the stifled cry of migrant brothers and sisters," he said, using Latin terms meaning"our sea" and"sea of death". Later at the conference, he called for"an ample number of legal and regular entrances" of migrants, with emphasis on accepting those fleeing war, hunger and poverty, rather than on"preservation of one's own wellbeing".
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