Pope Francis decries 'stone hearts' of indifference to migrants' pain

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A Vatican statement says Pope Francis asked the Madonna to 'melt the stone hearts of those who put up walls to keep other people's pain away from them.'

ROME, Italy – Pope Francis made a private pre-dawn visit to a Rome religious landmark on Wednesday, December 8, for the second year after a public service was again cancelled because of the pandemic and decried the “stone hearts” of those not moved by the suffering of migrants.

December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is a national holiday in Italy and some other countries of Catholic tradition.For the second consecutive year, Pope Francis was forced to cancel an open air public service at the base of column that would have attracted thousands of people, increasing the possibility of contagion.

Madonna to “melt the stone hearts of those who put up walls to keep other people’s pain away from them”. “Before history and before the faces of those who emigrate, we can’t keep silent, we can’t look the other way,” he said.“Please, let us look into the eyes of the people we meet who have been cast aside, let us allow ourselves to be moved by the faces of the little ones, children of desperate immigrants,” said the Pope, who visited the Greek refugee island of Lesbos.

 

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