VALLETTA - Pope Francis condemned the"sacrilegious war" in Ukraine at an open-air mass in Malta on Sunday , ahead of a visit to a migrant centre preparing to take refugees fleeing Russia's invasion.
The war has overshadowed the 85-year-old's first trip to the Mediterranean island nation, but also added urgency to a key theme of his nine-year papacy - the need to welcome those fleeing war, poverty or the effects of climate change.since World War II - a continent already struggling to form a coherent response to thousands of people who arrive by sea each year from North Africa.
Visiting the grotto in the Malta town of Rabat where the apostle lived for three months, the Pope lit a candle. Later on Sunday, he will visit the John XXIII Peace Lab, a centre inspired by the pope of that name, which is preparing for the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. But his first trip to Malta - delayed two years because of the coronavirus pandemic - has been warmly welcomed by people, who have lined the streets waving flags.
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