Pope’s strong criticism of Europe’s treatment of immigrants

Pope Francis, the leader of the world Catholics, called the behavior of European countries towards migrants and refugees who risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea “disgusting and criminal”.

He stated that “turning away immigrants is a clear scandal”, and added: such behaviors encouraged the believers who gathered in St. Peter’s Square of the Vatican to call Don Giovanni Yatista, the Italian bishop who founded a church to help Italian immigrants in 1889, as declare a saint

He also pointed to the plight of Ukrainians fleeing the war, which he said “caused us big problems.”