Pope Francis Makes New Year Appeal for Migrants and Refugees
Pope Francis
Pope Francis  called for people around the world to âembraceâ migrants and refugees in  his  annual World Day for Peace address.
 Francis  reiterated his advocacy for âall those fleeing from war and hunger  or forced by discrimination and persecution  poverty and environmental degradation to leave their homelands.â
âPlease  letâs not extinguish the hope in their hearts  letâs not suffocate their expectations of peace â  Francis  said during  his  address in the Vatican  where 40 000 adherents turned out for the event.
 Francis  called on political  educational  and religious institutions alike to âmake the effort to assure refugees and migrants  to everyone  a peaceful future.â
 Francis  also addressed what  he  described as a rise of anti-immigration rhetoric globally  suggesting that people who âfoment fear of migrants instead of building peace â possibly to achieve political ends  âare sowing violence  racial discrimination and xenophobia.â
 Francis â New Yearâs remarks drew heavily from a full statement on the subject of migration released by the Vatican in November.
On Jan. 8   Francis  will deliver another annual address to the Vatican diplomatic service  according to Catholic news site Crux  which is expected to be considered  his  most significant foreign policy statement of the year.
 Francis  has been an outspoken advocate for migrants around the world  traveling to Myanmar and Bangladesh in late 2017 and speaking with a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees who were displaced by violence.
In remarks delivered Christmas Eve   he  likened the plight of migrants to the biblical journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem  expressing  his  hope that no person would feel as though âthere is no room for them on this Earth.â
[TGT] called for people around the world to âembraceâ migrants and refugees in   [TGT]   annual World Day for Peace address.
  [TGT] reiterated  [TGT]  advocacy for âall those fleeing from war and hunger  or forced by discrimination and persecution  poverty and environmental degradation to leave their homelands.â
âPlease  letâs not extinguish the hope in their hearts  letâs not suffocate their expectations of peace â   [TGT] said during   [TGT]   address in the Vatican  where 40 000 adherents turned out for the event.
  [TGT] called on political  educational  and religious institutions alike to âmake the effort to assure refugees and migrants  to everyone  a peaceful future.â
  [TGT] also addressed what   [TGT]   described as a rise of anti-immigration rhetoric globally  suggesting that people who âfoment fear of migrants instead of building peace â possibly to achieve political ends  âare sowing violence  racial discrimination and xenophobia.â
  [TGT]  â New Yearâs remarks drew heavily from a full statement on the subject of migration released by the Vatican in November.
On Jan. 8   Francis  will deliver another annual address to the Vatican diplomatic service  according to Catholic news site Crux  which is expected to be considered  his  most significant foreign policy statement of the year.
  [TGT] has been an outspoken advocate for migrants around the world  traveling to Myanmar and Bangladesh in late 2017 and speaking with a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees who were displaced by violence.
In remarks delivered Christmas Eve    [TGT]   likened the plight of migrants to the biblical journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem  expressing   [TGT]   hope that no person would feel as though âthere is no room for them on this Earth.â