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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Lampedusa - You Need To See This

Why Pope Leo’s visit to Lampedusa matters for migrants, the church and global politics

As the US celebrated its 250th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV decided instead to visit the Sicilian island of Lampedusa.

The Conversation

Pope Leo Has A Message To America On Its 250th Anniversary. Why This Pits Vatican Against Trump Administration

The Pope had slammed the US President's hardline immigration policies earlier by terming it as inhuman. He said in the appeal that the Catholic value of defending life includes "welcoming, protecting and assisting immigrants."

International Business Times

Pope makes historic visit to Lampedusa, warns Europe: 'Deaths at sea are failures to act'

Pope Francis has visited the island that symbolises the migrant crisis. Greeted by thousands, he stressed Europe’s duty to act and urged the faithful not to ignore the suffering of those forced to leave their homeland.

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Pope Leo urges US and Europe to do more for migrants on 4th July anniversary

Pope Leo has urged his fellow Americans to welcome and protect immigrants as the United States marked the 250th anniversary of its independence on Saturday. During a visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa he also pressed Europe to do more for people fleeing war and poverty.

Radio France Internationale

Pope defends migrants at Mediterranean island frontier

LAMPEDUSA, Italy - Pope Leo XIV on Saturday visited Lampedusa island, a major port of call for migrants risking the perilous crossing from Africa, in a stark message to US and EU leaders.

Bangkok Post

Pope defends migrants on symbolic visit to key immigration hub Lampedusa

Pope Leo XIV arrived on Saturday on Italy's Lampedusa island, a major port of call for migrants who risked the perilous crossing from North Africa, in a symbolic rebuke to the anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from US and EU political factions.

France 24

Pope Leo XIV to visit European migrant hotspot of Lampedusa on 4 July, Vatican says

Under Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church has continued to call for their humane treatment around the world, including decrying mass deportations in his home country, the United States.

Euronews

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Baby dies of hypothermia as migrants reach Lampedusa overnight

A baby girl only a few weeks old was pronounced dead on arrival on the island of Lampedusa after crossing the Mediterranean from Tunisia in a small boat with her mother and sister. An investigation has been opened.

Euronews

The New 'Avignon Papacy'? Pentagon Officials Reportedly Invoked Medieval Captivity to Threaten Vatican and Force Pope's Support

The intense Pentagon meeting where a senior official summoned Pope Leo XIV's ambassador sparked tensions reminiscent of the Avignon Papacy. Explore the global implications for military power.

International Business Times UK

‘Was that an earthquake?’ Italy’s great psychogeographer tackles the Vesuvius-haunted Naples tourists seldom see

His films about Rome’s ringroad and the islanders and refugees of Lampedusa have won awards. Now Gianfranco Rosi is completing his trilogy, capturing a Naples ‘that is not immediately there’

The Guardian - UK

Pope set to make virtual appearance for America’s 250th birthday celebrations

Leo will instead spend July 4 on Lampedusa, a key Mediterranean migrant entry point, following Pope Francis’s 2013 visit

The Independent UK

Pope's grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few months

The Independent UK

Italian Authorities Try To Identify Lampedusa Capsize Victims

Italian authorities on Friday sought to identify the bodies of 27 people who died when two crowded boats sank off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.

International Business Times

Mediterranean migrant tragedy kills at least 27 as mother tells of watching her baby ‘slip away’ in the chaos

The moment everything went wrong off Italy's coast.

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At Least 26 Migrants Dead In Two Shipwrecks Off Italy

At least 26 migrants died Wednesday when two boats sank off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa island, with around 10 others still missing, the coastguard and UN officials said.

Euronews

At least 20 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Italy's Lampedusa, UN says

Authorities have recovered 20 bodies, and are searching for another 12 to 17 survivors, according to the UN refugee agency.

International Business Times

Italy Says Six Dead, 40 Missing After Migrant Shipwreck

Six people died and 40 are missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the United Nations said Wednesday, as Italian authorities searched for survivors off the island of Lampedusa.

Al Jazeera

Six dead, 40 missing as migrant boat capsizes near Italy’s Lampedusa

Italian media say 10 people rescued as search continues for more survivors.

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The Guardian - UK

More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds

Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty

The Independent UK

Italy's Salvini faces verdict for blocking migrants at sea. Case weighs limits of stemming migration

Italy’s deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, is sounding defiant as he awaits a verdict in Sicily for preventing some 100 migrants from disembarking a rescue boat in 2019 when he was interior minister

Zenger

Pope Francis Calls For Compassion In Prayer Vigil For Migrants And Refugees

The Pope urges nations to increase legal pathways for migration and combat criminal networks exploiting migrants.

France 24

A decade after Lampedusa boat tragedy, Mediterranean remains world's deadliest migrant route

As record numbers of migrants continue to arrive on the small Italian island of Lampedusa, FRANCE 24 looks back at the shipwreck of 2013, which saw 368 people drown off the island. Our reporters met a witness to the tragedy, a survivor and the island's doctor who registered the deaths.…

France 24

Pope Francis 'is not being listened to' on plight of migrants, expert says

Pope Francis is visiting the southern French port city of Marseille to show solidarity with the plight of migrants there. It comes a decade on from a landmark visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa at the start of his papacy, where he condemned the "global indifference" to their suffering.…

Radio France Internationale

France 'will not welcome migrants' from Lampedusa, says minister

France says it will not welcome any migrants coming from the Italian island of Lampedusa, which last week saw a record number of arrivals.

Radio France Internationale

France to support Italy in 'securing its border' against illegal migrants

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visited Rome on Monday to discuss migration, after a week of mass arrivals on the Italian island of Lampedusa forced a European-wide response.

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