Pope Francis said Thursday
that "speaking of orphans, there are the new half-orphans, those
migrants, young people, kids who come to our lands alone, and
need to find fathers and mothers." Speaking to the Somascan
Fathers charitable group, Francis said: "I would like to
underline that, on the migrant boats many come alone and need
this, and this is another task of yours. The pope recalled the
plight of unaccompanied migrant kids asking the Somascan
Fathers, whom he received at an audience on the occasion of
their general chapter meeting, to consider them among the
orphans they are called on to help by their vows. On Wednesday
Italy passed into law a decree saying that unaccompanied minors
arriving in Italy cannot be deported but must get the same
rights as their European counterparts.
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