Pope Leo visits Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrants

During his trip, the Pope will appeal for a humane approach and respectful welcome for migrants seeking a better life.

Pope Leo rails against migrant deaths on visit to Spain’s ‘dock of shame’

Pontiff calls on leaders to treat migrants more humanely as he concludes week-long Spanish tour in Gran Canaria The constant flow of people embarking in small, rickety boats to migrate abroad should force a reckoning as to why we have built a world where so many “must risk death to seek life”, Pope Leo has said as he warned: “We cannot grow accustomed to counting the dead.” Thursday’s speech in the Canary Islands, on the final leg of the pontiff’s week-long tour of Spain, contained Leo’s most...

By Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent

Pope Leo hits beaches of popular European migrant entry point after criticizing global immigration policies

Pope Leo XIV visited Spain's Canary Islands to meet with migrants, calling for legal and safe immigration pathways after criticizing Europe's policies.

‘Dignity has no passport’: Pope makes appeal for migrants in Canary Islands

Pope Leo will meet with about 1,000 migrants on Friday who have braved dangerous Atlantic waters to reach Europe.

Pope Leo bows to migrants' 'dignity' in Gran Canaria

The pope visited the port of Arguineguin, a flashpoint of a migration crisis in the Canary Islands. He argued European leaders cannot claim human dignity while allowing the Mediterranean to become an "unmarked grave."

Pope casts flowers in sea in tribute to drowned migrants during Canary Islands visit

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday visited Spain's Canary Islands, the once-notorious centre of the European migration debate, where he threw a bouquet of flowers in the sea in tribute to the migrants who perished trying to reach the Atlantic archipelago. The pontiff made a plea for "human dignity" and condemned leaders, including Christians, who turn them away with "indifference".

By FRANCE 24

Pope Leo says history will condemn leaders who ignore migrant deaths

The pontiff delivered an ‘appeal to the conscience’ of politicians across Europe

By James C. Reynolds

Pope tells women victims of trafficking there is no price for their bodies

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 11 - Pope Leo XIV on Thursday told women victims of trafficking on the Canary Islands that there was no price that could be paid for their bodies. Speaking in Las Palmas, Leo said: "Every human life is a blessing. No one can buy, sell, use, or discard it." Speaking after listening to the testimony of a woman victim of trafficking who spoke on behalf of all women victims, the North American pontiff added: "If others have put a price on your body." Leo continued at the migran...

By ANSA

Pope Leo visits Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrants

Bakary Jaiju was 19 when he climbed into a wooden boat in the Gambia and set out for Europe. He would be at sea for seven frightening days as his supplies of food and water gradually ran out.

By Emmanuel Tetteh