Pope Leo visits Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrants

The Pope is appealing for a humane approach and respectful welcome for migrants seeking a better life.

Spain’s Church Hopes Pope Trip Will Stem Secular Tide

Leo XIV’s visit to Spain, which ended on Friday, has spurred expectations among Catholic leaders of a spiritual revival.

By Jason Horowitz

Pope Leo had to catch a ride from the king of Spain after plane’s engine failed

The pope wrapped up a trip to Spain by borrowing a private jet from King Filipe VI after the Vatican's chartered plane, with the press corps on board, broke down.

By Anthony Faiola

Pope expresses support for migrants and urges them to integrate during Canary Islands visit

During a visit to Spain's Canary Islands, Pope Leo XIV spoke at a migrant reception center, saying 'human dignity has no passport' and urging newcomers to make the 'reciprocal journey' of integration.

All of us are migrants, says pope as he arrives in Tenerife

Pope Leo urges ‘human family’ to do more to welcome refugees and warns people traffickers to expect ‘divine justice’ Pope Leo has used the final day of his weeklong tour of Spain to stress that “all of us are migrants” as he praised the power of integration, adding: “Yesterday’s foreigner may be today’s brother and neighbour.” The pontiff arrived on Friday in Tenerife, the largest and most populous of the Canary Islands. Soon after he made his way to a reception centre housed in former milita...

By Ashifa Kassam, European Community affairs correspondent

Pope Leo defends migrants at 'dock of shame' in Spain

Pope Leo XIV visited the Canary Islands on Thursday, where he issued a forceful defense of migrants.

By Jason DeRose

Pope warns people smugglers they face God’s wrath

Migration has been a central theme throughout Pope Leo's weeklong tour of Spain.

Pope Leo’s plane grounded, so Spain’s king gives him a ride

Even popes have travel delays. Lucky for Pope Leo, King Felipe VI offered a way out, and a way home. Leo’s Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a week-long visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem Friday, prompting Spain’s king to offer his private jet instead. Felipe escorted Leo to his Falcon on the tarmac at the airport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Leo and members of his delegation boarded the plane and took off, more than three hours after he ...

By Associated Press

'All of us of are migrants,' pope says in Canary Islands as Spain trip wraps up

Pope Leo XIV told migrants at a reception centre on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Friday that "all of us are migrants", on the final day of a weeklong visit to Spain focused on the plight of irregular immigrants. France 24's Sarah Morris has the latest.

By FRANCE24

Pope Leo’s flight home to Rome delayed after plane suffers technical issue

The pontiff, accompanied by Vatican staff and journalists, had already boarded the Iberia flight and was preparing to taxi

By Joshua McElwee

Pope Leo XIV’s flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid

Pope borrows King of Spain’s jet to return to Vatican after technical issue

Pope Leo boarded a Falcon jet offered by the King of Spain after a technical issue grounded the larger papal plane on the island of Tenerife, delaying his return to the Vatican on Friday at the end of a week-long tour of Spain. The Spanish government said the air force plane used by the king […]

"Stop, Repent": Pope Leo's Warning To Human Traffickers Exploiting Migrants

Pope Leo said he wanted to directly address those who "take advantage of peoples' desperation (or) organise death routes".

Pope condemns 'indifference' towards migrants on Canaries trip

The meeting took place during Pope Leo XIV’s week-long trip to Spain, where he highlighted the dangers faced by migrants crossing to the Canary Islands.

Pope to return to Rome on King of Spain's plane

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Pope Leo XIV will return to Rome on the King of Spain's plane after Felipe VI laid it on specially after an Iberia plane scheduled to fly the pontiff home broke down before take-off at Tenerife Friday. "Pope Leo will return to Rome on the King of Spain's plane, kindly provided by His Majesty," the Holy See Press Office announced, noting that the plane will take off around 6:00 PM (local time) and will arrive in Rome around 11:00 PM (Rome time). The Holy See staff and j...

By ANSA

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By The Week UK

Pope condemns 'indifference' to migrants as he honours thousands lost at sea during Spain visit

Leo XIV cast a wreath into the Atlantic off the Canary Islands and warned that Europe cannot grow accustomed to migration routes becoming “unmarked graves”.

Pope Leo warns Europe’s migrant traffickers to repent or face hell

Tells networks exploiting desperate migrants they will face divine justice for every life lost, family deceived

By Reuters

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‘All of us of are migrants,’ pope says in Canary Islands

Pope Leo XIV told migrants at a reception centre on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Friday that "all of us are migrants", on the final day of a weeklong visit to Spain focused on the plight of irregular immigrants. The post ‘All of us of are migrants,’ pope says in Canary Islands appeared first on Vanguard News.

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Pope Leo visits Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrants

Pope Leo XIV began a two-day visit to the Canary Islands on Thursday by listening to the stories of migrants who have risked long and perilous journeys across the Atlantic to reach Europe.

By Abubakar Ibrahim