Christians and the migration issue

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Pope Francis visits migrants and refugees in central Moria, on the Greek island of Lesvos, in 2016. (Illustrative image) © Filippo Monteforte / REUTERS

By: Geneviève Delrue

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World Religions - Sunday December 5, 2021 - 10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Paris Time

Francis made the reception of migrants the main subject of his pontificate, arousing gnashing of teeth from Catholics who consider that he underestimates the complexity of the problem. The religious leaders in the name of the Bible and of hospitality towards the foreigner hold a similar discourse while the Christian associative world comes to the aid by concrete actions with the migrants. While Pope Francis, in Cyprus and Greece, comes once again to awaken consciences, between the ethical and fraternal response to the suffering of refugees and displaced persons, and the ethics of responsibility which way to take? How to tackle the migration issue? This is the theme of the Sunday show broadcast when François will be on the island of Lesbos.

Round table with

the European Institute of Religious Sciences; 

, independent journalist, documentary maker who signed with Mortaza Behboudi 

 ” broadcast on Arte;

, journalist for the weekly La Vie, author of the essay

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